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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Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive
Photo, Carolyn Reese teaches Freedom School class(2), 1964, Herbert Randall...

150 oral history interviews and 16 collections of documents address the [...] »

Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Photo, Colonial Williamsburg: At The Parade..., May 2008, Bill Barber, Flickr

Learn about the history of the United States up to 1815 with this website [...] »

The Lindbergh Case: The Trial of the Century
Photo, After Lindbergh told story to Bronx. . . , 1934-1935, Library of Congress

Relive media coverage of the famous Lindbergh Trial through this [...] »

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Presidential Moments: Hail to the Chief Nicknames

Fond or far-fetched, everyone has one—but as president, nicknames garner the [...] »

New World Wonders

How did explorers describe the plants and animals they discovered in America [...] »

Thanksgiving: Presidential Turkeys

How many turkeys have presidents pardoned?

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Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

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Team Ships

Learn the basic steps to building and commissioning a Navy vessel.

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U.S. Secret Service

How did the Secret Service begin protecting our leaders and solving crimes [...] »

National Museum of African Art

Approach African American history and culture through African art.

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What Happened to the Fenians After 1866?
Battle of Ridgeway, C.W., 1869, Library of Congress

Ireland's revolutionary struggle against Britain played out in North America [...] »