http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:38 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:38 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=544291 After Slavery: Race, Labor and Politics in the Post-Emancipation CarolinasAfter Slavery is a transatlantic research collaboration between historians based in the US, Ireland and the UK. Directed from Queen's University Belfast and funded by the (UK) Arts and Humanities Research Council, the project's website offers a large collection of images and transcribed primary documents from dozens of archives across the US. Its 'Online Classroom' includes ten units on the aftermath of slave emancipation in the Carolinas:1. Emancipation: Giving Meaning to Freedom2. Freed Slaves Mobilize3. Land and Labor4. Freedom, Black Soldiers & the Union Military5. Conservatives Respond to Emancipation6. Pursuing Citizenship: Justice and Equality7. Gender and the Politics of Freedom8. Planters, Poor Whites and White Supremacy9. Coercion, Paramilitary Terror & Freedpeople's Resistance10. Freedpeople and the Republican PartyEach unit is made up of a collection of primary sources, annotated and supplemented by a select bibliography and a series of "Questions to Consider'. Most include illustrations from contemporary sources, and plans are in place for inclusion of a series of interactive maps and link to large collection of digital images of related documents now part of the Lowcountry Digital Library. What Scholars Are Saying about the After Slavery Website: “This engaging website combines the most up-to-date scholarship on the aftermath of slavery with a set of provocative and fascinating documents and other materials ideal for classroom use. It will allow a broad online readership to understand where our thinking now stands on this pivotal moment in American history.”Eric Foner Dewitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University Author of Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 “This turning point in our history, explored in such detail at afterslavery.com is, sadly, mostly absent from the high school classroom. The stories of transformation and the long and arduous struggle for equality of 4 million former slaves–their struggle for recognition, freedom, and basic human rights–is rarely even touched on. After Slavery helps to fill this void in the American history curriculum by introducing cutting edge scholarship and well-chosen primary sources to bring voice to this untold story.”Ann Claunch Director of Curriculum, U. S. National History Day; Professor Emeritus in the History of Education, University of New Mexico“The After Slavery website explores the multiple meanings of the era of emancipation and conveys the very essence of the often tenuous struggle for freedom in starkly human terms.”Bernard E. Powers, Jr. Director of African American Studies, College of Charleston; author of Black Charlestonians: A Social History, 1822-1885“This is an exciting, well-conceived, and very valuable project. It promises to be a great resource for scholars, teachers, and students. The history of the Carolinas can capture the variety of experiences in the period after slavery and also reveal the depth of the challenges faced as African Americans sought to realize the promise of freedom.”Paul D. Escott Reynolds Professor of History, Wake Forest University; author of North Carolinians in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=278225 This site includes a complete collection of historical documents and images, and one animation, related to the story of a black slave called Marie Angelique. When Montreal caught fire in April 1734, suspicion fell on Marie Angelique, accused of setting the fire to cover an escape with her white lover, a salt smuggler exiled from France. But if that was her motive, why did she stay to help her mistress save her possessions instead of fleeing? True she confessed but only after torture. Her punishment was to be hanged and then burnt. But did she really start the fire? What does her story tell us about slavery, torture and fire in early Canada? Site users are encouraged to come up with their own interpretations of primary documents, rather than relying on other peoples analyses. Educators have access to a Teachers' Guide and experts interpretations of the mystery. The site is available in English and French. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=668742 This video presents an Introduction to Feminist Counselling. Emphasizing an anti-oppressive framework, critical thinking,and structural analysis, this video highlights key feminist values, principles, and skills and teaches viewers how to apply them to counselling, personal, and professional situations. Roleplays and vignettes are used to demonstrate key ideas and skills. The link between the personal and political is highlighted. Examples of and suggestions for consciousness-raising, collectivization, and social action are also featured.This video is useful for students, teachers, counsellors, social workers, human service providers, care workers, clinicians, psychologists, and anyone who would like to learn more about how to apply feminist theory to counselling. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79144 The National Center of Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation. Articles supporting BOTH sides of the following issues are presented: School Choice & Charter Schools; Minorities, Women, & Education; Testing, International Comparisons & Curriculum; Federal Funding & Programs; and Debate Hotline - Federal Education Policy. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=668769 This short animated fiction book describes a woman named Rebecca and her experiences of family violence. This book presents her journey as she moves from victim to survivor to social activist. A structural feminist analysis of the root causes of family violence and interventions and strategies to assist survivors of family violence are highlighted. Geared to assist survivors of violence and service users, students who are learning about abuse, and clinicians/practitioners who are working in this area, specific information discussing the cycle of violence, stages of coping, feminist interventions, safety planning, and treatment for men is featured. In addition, suggestions for the prevention of family violence at cultural, political, and social levels are presented.The authors use 2 different writing styles within this text. Rebecca's actual story about her family is written at a grade 7 literacy level to make this book more accessible to a broad segment of the general public. At the same time, specific sections featuring theory, analysis, assessment, and intervention have been written with clinical practitioners and professional helpers in mind. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=531529 A women's history assignment based on the students' understanding and use of open informational resources, including Wikipedia (see for example, Isto Huvila's 2010 research paper, "Where does the information come from? Information source use patterns in Wikipedia" in which the impact and reach of Wikipedia is summarized). In this assignment, the students research and write their own individual articles for publication in Wikipedia, peer review and subsequent improvements over time. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=368839 This site has 5 minute tutorial videos on how to do pretty much anything from making homemade morzella, technical how to's, to parenting skills. Excellent resource for every of all ages. There are 21 categories, each containing hundreds of quick "How to" videos. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=515218 ״The Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history. Women have written almost every imaginable type of work: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. Our goal is to promote awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing.All too often, works by women, and resources about women writers, are hard to find. We attempt to provide easy access to available on-line information. The Celebration provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=539616 A research tool for quantitative studies about the impact of traditional social structures on national development; Ethnographic data for cross-cultural and cross-national research; maps of Africa and Asia displaying thousands of ethnic groups and cultural types; databanks of cultural indicators for statistical analysis. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=397317 Collections of folk and fairy tales, and some background resources, focusing on strong women characters. Notes are provided for some on contents and connections with Appalachian tales, but the bibliography is international.