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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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Photographs
Photo, Meal possibly for homeless men, Seattle, Dec. 23, 1932, Univ. of Wash.

Close to 200 photographs document the work of Federal Emergency Relief [...] »

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum

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The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

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The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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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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National Endowment for the Arts

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Great Expectations for the Civil War
Gelatin silver print, Hine, Lewis Wickes,Hitching Up the Team, NY Public Library

Many believed the Civil War would be a short, bloodless battle. The reality [...] »