http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:17:21 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:17:21 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79466 A six-unit online tutorial to start a beginning history student in topic selection, topic survey, and basic research strategies. Information literacy standards are used in the teaching of selection, use, and evaluation of resources. Each unit is accompanied by a quiz to reinforce learning. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=622177 This is "a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Find resources for history and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects. Learn about web technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, social networks, Google Docs, ebooks, online maps, virtual field trips, screencasts, online posters, and more. Explore innnovative ways of integrating these tools into the curriculum, watch instructional video tutorials, and learn how others are using technology in the classroom״ Includes apps for the classroom. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77450 This web site is associated with a literature course at WMU. It includes essays about literature and historical texts that deal with colonialism. It also provides essays about themes in the analysis of colonial literature such as African women writers, slavery, and literary style v. historical accuracy. Accompanying each essay (or dialogue) are links to other relevant sites and either links to or notes about teaching strategies. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=333926 Focus on Film presents film as a historical source and considers its advantages as evidence for the past. There are activities to investigate aspects of film as evidence - access these on a PC or via an interactive whiteboard. There is a large film archive with background information on each film and this footage can be downloaded for free. Work in the editor's room and use the online film-editing tool to create your own movie masterpiece. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83610 This citation database is intended to assist researchers who are planning to use European libraries and archives. The focus is on materials found in western European repositories from the Atlantic area eastward. Included are all kinds of archival and library resources available in western Europe; thus the scope of the project includes resources useful for researchers studying Asia, Africa, Oceania and the Americas, as well as for researchers studying Europe. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80485 This is the companion site to PBS series "History Detectives" in which a team of history detectives solve mysteries, searching out the true facts (and falsehoods) behind local folklore, family legends and interesting objects. The History Detectives site includes highlights from the televised investigations; how-to guides to assist students in doing their own research, and a section on investigative techniques such as weapons dating, paper analysis, property search, geological analysis, DNA analysis, and historical research. The Classroom Resources section includes lesson plans and other tools to reinforce concepts from the programs. Those lesson plans center around a visit to a historical site and a search for attic artifacts. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80036 This site is part of a BBC internet series called the History Trail: How to do History. The object of the site is to lead students in the footsteps of professional historians and find out how they do history by working with primary sources. Here they have to discover and follow clues in an old hand-written Council Book to determine what led a 17th century British country priest to abandon his family in England for life in the American colonies. The key question they must answer is: "Was he a priest swimming against the religious tide or a philanderer escaping the consequences of his actions?" http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=615166 מאמר המסביר מספר אופני השימוש אפשריים בתמונות בהוראת ההיסטוריה, ואשר מציע מספר דוגמאות הלקוחות מן הספר ״מסע אל העבר" המאה העשרים - בזכות החירות. המאמר לקוח ממאגר תולדוט. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=439954 This is a free, online wikibook, so it is continually being updated and refined. According to the authors, "This is a Resource Book of Local History techniques and terminology aimed at helping local history researchers who are studying historical documents which contain many archaic terms, local names for plants and animals, dialect words (Scots, English, Welsh, Cornish, American, etc.), unusual first names, specialist farming terms, legal terms, obscure or rarely used (archaic) words, etc. which are often absent from standard factual sources or are only defined briefly, in outline and often not in context. This abecedary is designed to be used as a resource for all local history linked researches and as a steadily accumulating bank of information on each topic.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=620123 Historical Methodology will introduce the student to historical research methods and familiarize the student with the tools and techniques that historians use to study the past. The student will learn about the process of modern historical inquiry and gain a better understanding of the diverse resources that historians use to conduct research. The first four units will focus on research methodology and examine how and why historians conduct research on the past. Later units will examine how different historical resources can be used for historical research. By the end of the course, the student will have become familiar with a variety of physical and electronic resources available for historical research. This free course may be completed online at any time. See course site for detailed overview and learning outcomes. (History 104)