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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
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection 
Presents more than 137,000 photographs of Florida on specific localities [...] »
Maine Memory Network 
Explore the history of Maine, and create your own digital album.
[...] »U.S. Senate Historical Office 
How much do you know about the history of the American Senate? Click here [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Plays You Won't See in the Superbowl 
Football has always been a great American sport, but how much do you know [...] »
Riding the Rails 
How many cows could a cowcatcher catch, if a cowcatcher could catch cows? [...] »
Which Witch? 
Words constantly evolve and change over time. What did "witch" mean to these [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Voice of America 
Find out how to pronounce tricky names, and listen to official international [...] »
Bureau of Labor Statistics 
Is your grandfather more likely to be working now than he would have been in [...] »
Ask a Historian
How Did "Colonel" Become "Ker-nul"? 
The pronunciation devil is in the historical details.
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