http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 13:59:36 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 13:59:36 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=85018 Essays on religion, religious movements and religious groups in America from Colonial times through the 20th century. Illustrated. Provides advice for teachers leading class discussions on these isssues. "Designed to help teachers of American history bring their students to a greater understanding of the role religion has played in the development of the United States." http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76305 This University of Arizona exhibit focuses on the Southwestern United States as is an exhibit created as part of the larger "Southwest Project." Definitions alter over time, between people, and beyond borders. Landmasses change as physical and human forces exert pressure upon them. And a region is carved, molded, and defined by people in historical relation to it. In Defining the Southwest, we gather multiple visions of what the Southwest might entail. To quote Reed Way Dasenbrook, "What is the Southwest? For whom is it the Southwest? What is the Southwest southwest of?" http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85017 An illustrated overview of the development of religion in America from Colonial times into the 19th century http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82588 A major research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated. Includes a section "Liberation Curriculum" which provides resources and lesson plans to assist in creating "historically accurate and pedagogically effective educational materials that address issues of social justice and human rights." http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=409270 סרטון המסביר את תהליך ריכוז הפולחן והמשמעות הדתית והחברתית שלו.