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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Website Reviews

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The Vietnam Project

A highly comprehensive look at the Vietnam War.

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New York Public Library Picture Collection Online
Photographic print, Tennis skirts, 1919, Picture Collection Online.

Support visual learners with a selection of more than 30,000 historical [...] »

Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Graphic. Infant Mortality Rates from 1990

Compare global statistics on topics from infant mortality to literacy.

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History Quiz

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Alien Invasions

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

Voices of Women's Reform

There’s more to it than Seneca Falls.

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Voices in the Whirlwind

To each prophet, a certain way of speaking. Match civil rights leaders with [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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

The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
photographic print, Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945 August, LOC

Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »

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 [...] »

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U.S. Senate Historical Office
Lithograph, "The Great Congressional Tramp. . . ," 1882, Mayer, U.S. Senate site

Political cartoons, photos, oral histories, artifacts, essays, and facts. [...] »

Social Security Administration

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

U.S. Secret Service

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

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The Disaster of Innovation

How the cotton gin revolutionized the use of slaves and the production of [...] »