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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

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September 11th Sourcebooks
Air traffic in the. . . September 11, 2001, FAA, September 11th Sourcebooks

Looking for official documents concerning the U.S. stance on terrorism?

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Hypertext on American History from the Colonial Period until Modern Times
Postage stamp, Benjamin Franklin, An Outline of American Literature.

Collects more than 375 documents related to United States history from the [...] »

Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865

Search this Civil War roster for data on the service of New Jersey soldiers [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
The Blue and the Grey (and Red and Green and Yellow)

What do you think Civil War uniforms looked like? They varied more than you [...] »

Historical Improbabilities

Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. Can you tell the difference?

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To the Source!

Where do historians turn for historical evidence?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

Causing the Civil War
Postcard, Train Load of Cotton for Export, South, 1902-1903, NYPL

Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?

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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 [...] »

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 [...] »

U.S. Air Force

From pilots to shuttle central command, how does the Air Force fulfill its [...] »

Federal Trade Commission
Woodcut, Igirisujin Yokohama. . . , 1861, Sadahide Utagawa, LoC

Keeping businesses on the straight and narrow. Discover more about the [...] »

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Slavery in Wyoming
Photo, Native American Male, Framed, Belden, Wyoming State Archives

Slavery outside of the South is often overlooked, as is Wyoming history.

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