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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Virginia Historical Inventory (VHI)

View Virginia's antebellum architectural culture.

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Excerpts from Slave Narratives
Photo, Harriet Tubman Sculpture, March 21, 2008, Paul Lowry, Flickr

The 46 first-person accounts on this website effectively chronicle slavery [...] »

American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850

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Practicing Medicine on the Presidents

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Classroom Glory

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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. [...] »

Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

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Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Charts, "Educational Attainment," Bureau of Labor Statistics

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Photo, Russ Hopcroft, from the University . . . , 2002, Ian MacDonald, NOAA

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America Abroad
Asst Sec Navy Roosevelt at the Naval War College

Isolated and expansive at the same time.

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