http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 01:24:05 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 01:24:05 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=80045 The End of Europe's Middle Ages is designed to assist those students engaged in Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern studies who lack a background in medieval European history. The site provides a brief overview of the conditions at the end of Europe's Middle Ages, summarizing the economic, political, religious and intellectual environment of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to furnish a baseline against which the vast changes of the following centuries may be measured. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80486 This is a companion site to the PBS documentary "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow," a study of segregation and racial violence from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the modern civil rights movement. The home page identifies this site as an "educator's site." In addition to a section on the television series, the site contains sections for history, geography, American literature, and teacher's resources. The three content sections include essays on a wide range of topics and links to lesson plans and resources. The teacher's resources section contains lesson plans, simulations, narratives from people who came of age during the Jim Crow era, an image gallery, a Jim Crow encyclopedia, and links to related web sites. The latter web sites were evaluated by teacher and student teams. The many lesson plans were submitted by teachers. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80050 Focusing on the year 1851, when the completion of the Crystal Palace seemed to mark the height of Victorian Britain's success, this website asks viewers to decide for themselves whether life in Britain was really as wonderful as contemporary accounts suggest. Sections on working conditions, health issues, poverty, public safety, and gender equality thus seek to reveal less celebrated aspects of Victorian society.Interactive activities and a final quiz-like game allow viewers to test their recall after viewing the site.