I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]
Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:
A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links
Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.
Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:
Brown on Brown and the Secret Six
On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S.History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1850s
For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:
1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/
2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636
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