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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Alexander Street Press
Poster, Images of America: A History of American Life.., Alexander Street Press.

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Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair, 1886-1887

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The American Colonist's Library

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Drafting Music

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Constitution Day

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The California Gold Rush

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

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Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era
Photographic Print, Protest against child labor in a labor parade, 1909 May 1, L

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

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Premonition of Death

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