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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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Website Reviews
Find quality websites & primary sources
Puerto Rico Encyclopedia/Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico 
Connect with your ELL students with this bilingual Puerto Rico Encyclopedia [...] »
Missouri Digital Heritage 
Missouri teachers looking for primary sources, look no further. Explore this [...] »
Online Archive of California 
Explore California from Japanese American internment or the Free Speech [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Yo, Ho, Ho and a . . . Bushel of Oysters? 
Shellfish pirates stole from the rich to feed themselves—and make a little [...] »
Presidents Day: Growing Up to Be President 
Even American presidents were babies once!
[...] »Thanksgiving: Presidential Turkeys 
How many turkeys have presidents pardoned?
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery 
American art makes the interpretive nature of historical knowledge clear. [...] »
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 
Modern art isn't impossible to understand. Approach it as the product of its [...] »
U.S. Fire Administration 
Give historical fires perspective through modern statistics.
[...] »Ask a Historian
Families on the Farm 
What was life like for women and girls on late 19th- and early 20th-century [...] »