http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:26:10 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 07:26:10 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=89999 This site is an extensive collection of multimedia materials concerning Harriet Beecher Stowes as an American cultural phenomenon, Uncle Tom's Cabin and the historical and cultural context of the novel. This easy to navigate site features historical text, newspaper reviews of the novel, as well as the novel's adaptations in songs, children's books, plays and films. An interactive timeline and lesson plans are just some of the other features the site offers. It also includes primary materials (texts, images, film clips, and images), essays, and lesson plans that touch upon the sources for the story and its impact. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77449 This web site offers eight teaching units on the history of the production and consumption of American textiles. Resources include lesson plans, essays, images, documents, a video, bibliographies for each section, and links to related sites. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77442 This site is based upon the PBS television special about the Mississippi River flood of 1927. It includes primary source documents, a sample Delta blues song about the flood, flood film clips, maps, and information from historians. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78313 "At Home in the Heartland" is based upon a 1992 museum exhibit about family life in Illinois from 1700 to the present. The site is divided into six time periods. Within each section, site users find biographical sketches; timelines; maps; examples of material culture; audio components; exercises comparing the lifestyles and experiences of various racial, ethnic, and economic groups; and lesson plans. 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=76312 This University of Arizona web site documents the story of Fred Harvey (1835-1901) who began a partnership with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1878. In 1889, the Railway gave Harvey exclusive rights to manage and operate his eating houses, lunch stands, and hotel facilities upon the Santa Fe's railroads west of the Missouri River. The Harvey Houses took pride in their first class food, service, and cleanliness. Exhibit includes digitized photographs from the Special Collections at the University of Arizona. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77447 This site describes historical aspects of approximately 200 National Park Service sites. The "Teaching with Historic Places" section provides lesson plans. The "Links to the Past" section contains text, images, and links on topics in several categories including: archeology, architecture and engineering, cultural groups, cultural landscapes, historic buildings and structures, mapping, maritime, and military history, and national historical landmarks. Examples of the kinds of materials available through this site are information about all of the properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places, information on Civil War soldiers and sailors, and Ronald Lee's book on the Antiquities Act of 1906. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77448 Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) was "the first American artist of African descent to receive sustained mainstream recognition in the United States." Many of his paintings were on historical themes or inspired by the lives of historical figures such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. This site includes images of his paintings, a biography, essays on Lawrence's artistic technique, a bibliography, links to related sites, and lesson plans. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=323537 American Centuries is hosted by the Deerfield, Massachusetts Teacher's Center supporting learning communities and education from K-12. The Center offers a variety of professional development programs and resources that address the Masachusetts Frameworks and national teaching standards and aid in professional development. The site includes over 2,000 objects, docuoments, interdisciplinary teacher-tested curricula, exhibits, essays, and interactive experiences. The artifacts can be explored through a search of the Digital Collection, Turns of the Centuries Exhibit, and Chronology. In the Classroom and Activities enable faculty to utilize the site's resources quickly into the classroom experience.