http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:10 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:10 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=80777 This site provides an analysis of the French Canadian/Indian raid on Deerfield in 1704 and its causes and impact on the participants and victims. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78316 This site is a companion to the Public Broadcasting Company series, "Africans in America." It traces the history of Africans in America in four chronological parts from 1450-1865. Topics covered include the beginning of the slave trade, the growth of slavery in the colonies, arguments justifying slavery, the development of abolitionism in the North, and debates and events leading to the Civil War. Each section includes a historical narrative; a resource bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries; and a teacher's guide for using the content of the Web site and television series in U.S. history courses.The site's "Resource Bank" contains more than 400 items. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=422978 Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad has been designed to help Maryland students in Grades 4 and 8 look more closely at Maryland’s people, stories, and events of that surrounded this important effort. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79152 Tangled Roots is a research project about the shared history of African Americans and Irish Americans. The purpose of the site is to investigate the history of American slaves and immigrants from Ireland and to consider the links between them in order to promote an understanding of race and ethnicity in America. The site includes short biographical sketches of important people, organizations and events from the history of African and Irish Americans; questions for class discussion; timelines; bibliographic references; and links to related web sites. It also provides access to The Gilder Lehrman Center's online document collection, which contains over 200 individual items dating from the 17th century to the present, including speeches, letters, cartoons and graphics, interviews, and articles. The documents are organized by author, date, subject, and document type. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76403 This web-based educational role-playing game simulates the experience of fugitive slaves in the American South before the U.S. Civil War. Users assume the persona of an actual historical figure, such as Harriet Tubman or Frederick Douglass, and move about a map of the nineteenth-century United States as they are confronted with events taken from fugitive slave narratives. Bowdoin undergraduates created the historical content for the simulation and designed websites providing historical background for the period. High school students are the target audience for this project. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82531 This site presents a general overrview of the nature of slavery in the southern United States, drawing upon actual documents, slave narratives, drawings, and photos. It is accompanied by links to related sites and includes a bibliography, timeline, and suggested classroom activities for teachers.actual documents http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83340 This website is the product of a six-year project at Kenyon College. Students studied the cultural effects of the migration of African-Americans from the South to the North in the early twentieth century. They focused on migration from specific points in the South -- South Carolina, the Mississippi Delta, and Birmingham, Alabama -- to New York City' Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. The project also included a two-year collaboration with the Cleveland Municipal School District that helped K-12 teachers prepare lesson plans for their classes on a wide range of subjects including African culture, slavery, slave trade, rice cultivation, Gullah traditions, African-American culture, Great Migration. The site includes web pages the students prepared to disseminate their research, and resources and links to information on the Great Migration, and links to the lesson K-12 lesson plans. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80484 In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of "Brown v. Board of Education," several educators put together this site to promote a discussion about how to teach this important event. The site includes several reflective essays and a teacher's resource guide. The latter includes a list of class discussion questions, a bibliography, and links to related web sites. The introduction and the personal essays also appear in the Spring 2004 issue of "History of Education Quarterly." http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=436121 This song lyrics sheet forms a part of a social studies unit on Afro-Ecuadorians that I've posted here. The song supplements the PowerPoint presentation and will help round out the unit. This unit is especially appropriate for social studies classes, but it could be used in a history class or a Spanish class. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=436101 This worksheet forms a part of a social studies unit on Afro-Ecuadorians that I've posted here. The worksheet includes short answer and essay questions for the class to work on after the PowerPoint presentation. The unit is especially appropriate for social studies classes, but it could be used in a history class or a Spanish class.