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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ABMC War Dead Database

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The Joshua Lederberg Papers

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In Our Own Time: Native American Timekeeping

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Airplane Meals

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John Brown's Raid
Painting, John Brown, 1867, Thomas S. Noble, NYPL Digital Gallery

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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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U.S. Mint

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National Museum of the American Indian

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Small Business Association

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Industrializing Women
Photo, Packing Uneeda. . . , c. 1933, National Biscuit Company, Baker Library

Did industrialization result in more women working outside the home or in [...] »