http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 17:27:01 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 17:27:01 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=90770 This is a companion web site to the award-winning twenty-four episode documentary that appeared on television in 1998. The web site includes links to historical documents; interactive maps; profiles of key figures; a glossary; narratives about culture, the space race, espionage, and the bomb; images; transcripts of interviews with key figures, games; links to other sites; and transcripts of chats with journalists, scientists, and historians about the topics of each episode of the TV series. Some of the narratives are excerpts from ?Cold War: An Illustrated History," the companion book to the TV series. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87367 This is a training manual that includes copies of slides that can be used to encourage professionals to become more knowledgeable and involved in providing appropriate services to victims of crime. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=326811 This is a module for a course in Issues in Culture and Society. Included at the site are Presentations, Readings, and Assignments. The topics explored in this module include: The Communications Process, Communications Settings, Nature of Mass Communication, The Role of Mass Communications, Current Trends in Mass Communication, New Media Landscape, and Uses of Mass Media. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85591 This site contains both a radio broadcast and a written transcript of a program that explores the issue of the mentally ill individuals who have been incarcerated. It is part of a larger program, entitled "Jailing the Mentally Ill." http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87303 This document is a discussion guide for a social work class or anyone who deals with victims of crime. The guide accompanies the New Directions from the Field videotape produced by the Office for Victims of Crime. The videotape can be found at:http://ovc.ncjrs.org/videos/wmv/new_directions.wmv http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85586 The Execution Tapes is an hour-long public radio special hosted by Ray Suarez featuring excerpts of recordings made in Georgia's death house during state electrocutions. Excerpts of the tapes are followed by two roundtable discussions about the implications of the tapes' broadcast. A written transcript is also provided. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85593 Many young people in South Carolina have better access to mental health care in juvenile jail than they do outside the fence, back in their own communities. Stephen Smith of American RadioWorks met with four young people: two still in the evaluation process, and two who have been transferred out of the juvenile justice system and into a locked treatment program run by the state's Health Department. There is an audio of the presentation as well as a written transcript. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85592 American RadioWorks Correspondent John Biewen examines one case that illustrates the difficulties of claiming legal insanity: the story of Kyle Zwack. Both audio and written transcript are provided. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87159 This site contains lecture notes that are part of survey course of constitutional law emphasizing civil rights and individual liberties. This section explains the basics of the Bill of Rights. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87394 This site explores the question, Does the Second Amendment Give Individuals a Right to Bear Arms? In addition to the "lecture," questions are provided for discussion and links are provided to relevant cases as well as other relevant resources.