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Spotlight on Elementary Education

History has been shaped and influenced by the out come of ancient trials—such as the Trial of Socrates in 399B.C.—to Rosenberg Trial in the 1950s. This site offers a comprehensive look at 50 prominent court trials throughout history and its resources can be used to give young learners an introduction to the history of the modern judicial system.

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A Century of Progress: The 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair
Pamphlet,  Electricity at work portraying. . . , 1933, University of Chicago

Browse official publications from the 1933-1934 World's Fair.

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New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Photograph, Henry Street, Manhattan, Nov. 29 1935, Berenice Abbott, Changing NY.

Presents more than 550,000 images relevant to both U.S. and world history, [...] »

The 19th Century in Print: Periodicals

What magazines do you read? What did people read in the 1800s?

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History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Charters for Colonies

To legally exist, English colonies needed charters from the monarchy. Answer [...] »

To the Source!

Where do historians turn for historical evidence?

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Go West, Young Woman!

Men and women both settled the West. Answer these questions on women’s [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S [...] »

The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photo, NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Since its inception, NASA has accomplished many scientific and technological [...] »

National Archives and Records Administration
Letter, . . . Flag Design Suggestion, 10/1958, Sheryl Byland, NARA

With more than 10 billion items addressing U.S. history, you're bound to [...] »

Social Security Administration

Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »

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With or Without Slavery?
Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Free Soiler, 1856

Forcing the issue in Bleeding Kansas. The Lecompton Constitution, slavery, [...] »