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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Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
Engraving, Electioneering, 1840-1860, Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization.

This site examines Illinois history and the life of Abraham Lincoln in the [...] »

U.S. Women's History Workshop

A collection of primary source material for teaching women's history and mid [...] »

McVicar/Stein Photo Copy Service Collection

Imagine life in Madison, WI, between 1920 and 1970.

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History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Thanksgiving Dinner in 1943

What traditional Thanksgiving foods would have been hard to come by during [...] »

Turkey Tracking

Thanksgiving—how much do you know about the history of this popular holiday [...] »

Mapping the Past

A map can tell you more than east, west, north, and south.

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

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 Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger
Dynamics of Idealism- Volunteers for Civil Rights, 1965-1982 432x240

Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Museum of Natural History
Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress

Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »

Social Security Administration

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

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »

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Rock Paper Scissors
Statue of Rochambeau in Lafayette Park

Gamester extraordinaire Comte de Rochambeau?

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