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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Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933

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Teaching with Laurel Grove School
Photo, the Interior, African American Schoolhouse, early 1900s, Teaching...

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U.S. Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection, 1906-1971

Relive the construction of the city of steel—Gary, Indiana.

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Alien Invasions

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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

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

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

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U.S. Department of Education

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The U.S. and Egypt in the 1950s
US map of Port Said 1956

Creating political blowback in the Middle East

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