August Feature of the Month:
Landmark
Supreme Court Cases
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Developed for teachers, Landmark Supreme Court Cases is an outgrowth of the demand for educational materials regarding the most important US Supreme Court Cases such as:
Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society developed this web site to provide teachers with a full range of resources and activities regarding such cases, including political cartoon analysis, moot court, continuum exercises, and website evaluation.
Visitors can see Background Summary and Questions written for several reading levels, and a diagram of how each case moved through the court system. Some case materials include "You Make the Call: Using the U.S. Constitution to Decide the Outcome". The site also offers some detailed explanations of important related concepts, such as federalism, national supremacy, and judicial review.
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| July 2005: The New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery "provides access to over 300,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more." | |
| June 2005: Want to know more about that colorful plant sprouting up beside your street? Or do you want to browse images and characteristics of plants from around the continent?Get to know the Plants Database from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) National Plant Data Center. | |
| May 2005: The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands explores the Dutch presence in America, which began in 1609 with Henry Hudson's explorations of Manhattan, Staten Island and the Hudson River. Between then and 1664 the Dutch established the colony of New Netherland in parts of what are now New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut. | |
| April 2005: The New York State Health Department is now posting expanded information on nursing homes across the State. The expanded data, which comes from routine annual inspections of all 673 nursing homes statewide, will include more descriptive information about Medicare and Medicaid certification status, available services and accommodations, occupancy rates, and ownership and administration. | |
| March 2005: Each year, Archives & Museum Informatics (Toronto) solicits nominations from the Museum community for their Best of the Web competition. Nominated sites are evaluated by a committee of peers. | |
| February 2005: The Promising Practices Network Web site highlights programs and practices that credible research indicates are effective in improving outcomes for children, youth, and families. The information pertains to children from the prenatal period to age 18, as well as the families and communities in which they live. | |
| January 2005: The New York Public Library created A Hudson River Portfolio to bring together rare images and texts from the 19th century and make them available to researchers and students, as well as lovers of Hudson River history and art. The Web site brings together some of The Library's most celebrated materials from the heyday of the Hudson River in the 19th century. |
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