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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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Children in Urban America: A Digital Archive
Negative, Boy with pigeons. . . , 1935, Sam Hood, Flickr Commons

Imagine what it might have been like growing up over 100 years ago.

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PhilaPlace
Photo, Chris Place, January 6, 2006, eTombotron, Flickr

Pennsylvania educators, or teaching urban history? Explore two neighborhoods [...] »

Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
Poster, When You Ride Alone You Ride with Hitler. . . , 1941-1945, NARA

Explore American propaganda and advertising during the second world war.

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History Quiz

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Remembering All Veterans

Veterans Day is for everyone who fought for the U.S.—including those who [...] »

In Our Own Time: Native American Timekeeping

Pre-Columbian calendars were very different from the ones we use today. Are [...] »

Victory Vegetables

WWII Victory Gardens allowed citizens to raise food...and wage war!

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

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 [...] »

Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Design embodies both artistic ingenuity and responses to everyday problems [...] »

Federal Reserve Board

The economy's on everyone's mind. Take advantage of that fact to teach a bit [...] »

National Museum of African Art

Approach African American history and culture through African art.

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Bank Notes of the Second Bank of the United States
Headquarters of the 2nd Bank of the U.S., Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

The impermanence of paper money was matched by the impermanence of the bank [...] »