http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:15:35 PDT Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:15:35 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=80923 This site contains biographies of people from the middle ages. There are also articles about life and culture in the middle ages. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86230 The Museum of Musical Instruments (theMoMI.org) presents the world's first virtual documentary exhibition devoted to Woody Guthrie, one of America's most-loved folk heros. 'Bound For Glory: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie' is a comprehensive interactive exhibition that integrates history, music, photographs, essays, poems, letters and drawings to tell the remarkable story of the legendary Woody Guthrie. This exhibition is meant to be an online complement to the Smithsonian Institution's extraordinary traveling exhibition: This Land Is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie. It also includes informative articles and reviews of the Smithsonian production. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86234 The roaring ’20s was a period of blatant disregard for laws, boundaries, and tradition. It was also an age of invention. In 1922 a brilliant acoustic engineer named Lloyd Loar developed the Mastermodel series of acoustic instruments and invented the first solidbody electric viola. Loar was the architect of the modern stringed instrument. This collection features the entire Gibson Mastermodel series and Lloyd Loar’s personal instruments, which include his electric-viola, mando-viola, and musical saw. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86233 Mark Twain, one of America's greatest literary legends, was a passionate guitarist and singer during the 19th century's romantic era. His songs were woven with graphic stream-of-consciousness imagery and his musical styles included gospel, slavery blues, love songs, political satire, folk, and burlesque. In this exhibition, viewers can see close-up images of his trusted Martin guitar. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=733836 'American Presidents is a beautifully designed, well-written overview of the history of the United States seen through passages on every American President’s life. The application is purposely designed for the iPad.Each biography is crafted to be both clear, concise yet still detailed.Immensely valuable for adults interested in America’s history and as a tool for students at any level.Features:Custom written biographical essays on all the Presidents from Washington to Obama. Each is approximately 1,500 words.Beautiful graphics and an engaging interface.A detailed time line that provides a valuable context, including small passages about some of the more important events.An adjustable map showing the expansion of the United States.Over 300 beautiful vintage photographs, prints and portraits.Detailed quizzes based on the texts.The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.Notable speeches.'This app costs $3.99 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=733832 'Biography. The book about people who changed the world. Every century had eminent people who amazed the society with their talents, inventions and discoveries. They made the world we live in today. Do you know them all?Biography, interactive history book, takes you on a journey with world’s most influential people. Biographies of philosophers, scientists, physicians, political leaders, artists and the world’s greatest composers are now available at your fingertips.You have an opportunity to go inside the minds and see the world through the eyes of the most talented people of all times. You will find the description of their early lives, accomplishments, major events, death and selected quotes of people who made valuable contributions to society. All biographies come with photos, audio and illustrations.
Features:100 biographies of eminent people of all timesHigh quality photos with audio accompanimentDesigned especially for the iPadInteractive design and easy-to-use interface**In this version (100): Adam Smith, Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Archimedes, Aristotle, Augustus Caesar, Charles Darwin, Christopher Columbus, Confucius, Dmitri Mendeleev, Edwin Hubble, Euclid, Galileo Galilei, Georg Hegel, Georges Lemaitre, Gregor Mendel, Heinrich Hertz, Immanuel Kant, Isaac Newton, Jabir ibn Hayyan, James Clerk Maxwell, Johann Gutenberg, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Kepler, John Dalton, Karl Marx, Laozi, Louis Pasteur, Ludwig van Beethoven, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Mencius, Michael Faraday, Mohammed Al-Khwarizmi, Nicolaus Copernicus, Plato, Pythagoras, Rene Descartes, Sigmund Freud, Socrates, Stephen Hawking, Ts'ai Lun, Victor Hugo, Voltaire, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alexander Graham Bell, Alfred Nobel, Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Wright brothers, Elizabeth I, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander the Great, Queen Victoria, Augustus Caesar, Cleopatra VII, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr, Mohandas Gandhi, Napoleon Bonaparte, Marco Polo, Genghis Khan, Qin Shi Huang, Che Guevara, Constantine the Great, Gautama Buddha, Guglielmo Marconi, Henry Ford, Homer, Ibn Sīna, Joan of Arc, John F Kennedy, John Lennon, John Locke, Joseph Stalin, Louis Daguerre, Louis XIV, Mao Zedong, Neil Armstrong, Oliver Cromwell, Pablo Picasso, Queen Isabella I, Thomas Jefferson, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Virgin Mary, Vladimir Lenin, Werner Heisenberg, William Harvey, Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill.'This app costs $4.99 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=733835 'To understand our present, we must look to our past. 100 years of history's revolutionaries and social movements are laid out in this iPad app that lets you draw connections to the past. Explore a revolutionary leader individually, or discover their connections to a movement and how it changed the course of history.'This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=422290 קורות חייו של נועם חומסקי, בלשן, פילוסוף ופעיל פוליטי אמריקני.