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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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American Originals
Louisiana Purchase Treaty, 1803, NARA

Explore 14 significant and compelling documents from the National Archive [...] »

Web de Anza

Check out this site to see "how the West was won."

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Jefferson's Blood
Image, Jefferson's Blood: The Jefferson Enigma, WGBH educational foundation.

Learn about Jefferson's forgotten descendants, children of his slave [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
American Myths: Popular Music

Each song has a story. What inspired it? When was it made? By whom?

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Alien Invasions

For each pair of animal and plant species, identify the one that is not [...] »

The Great Black Hope

These African American athletes drew crowds with their skill and [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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

20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Screenshot, "U.S. History Topics," Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

More than 1,600 learning resources from the federal government sorted by [...] »

U.S. Department of Education

Use the resources offered by the Department of Education to help you become [...] »

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Official poster, Veterans Day, 2008, United Staes Department of Veteran Affairs

Learn about the men who fought for American ideals and survived.

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Booth's Reason for Assassination
The gun Booth used to kill Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, 2007.

In an attempt to salvage a failed Confederate agenda, John Wilkes Booth [...] »