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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1939 World's Fair Photograph Collection
[Staunton Military Academy is rated by the War  Department as an honor military

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Colonial Williamsburg
Photograph, Governor’s Palace, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Experience life in Colonial Williamsburg without visiting Virginia.

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Austin Treasures: Online Exhibits from the Austin History Center
Photo. Austin Magnesium plant used during WWII

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Presidents Day: Growing Up to Be President

Even American presidents were babies once!

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Drafting Music

Both the North and South instituted drafts during the Civil War. Popular [...] »

Dueling Logic

Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »

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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 [...] »

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Negative, Victory Corps. . . , Alfred T. Palmer, September-October 1942, LoC

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U.S. Navy

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Bureau of Justice Statistics
Graph, "Sentences for those convicted in federal court," BJS

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Intertwined Development: Railroads and Political Parties

The influence of the booming rail system on the growth and development of [...] »