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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Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819

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The Joshua Lederberg Papers

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Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
Photograph, 1885, Dan Dutro, Museum of the Rockies Photo Archive.

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Presidential Moments: Campaigns

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Voices in the Whirlwind

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

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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 [...] »

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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U.S. Department of Education

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Architect of the Capitol

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Animating the Home Front
war worker from 1945 Philco advertisement

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