http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 13:59:49 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 13:59:49 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=83170 HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps. As noted on the website The People section reaches from 1 000 BC to the present. It displays lifelines for over 1000 persons in science, culture, religion, and politics. (In addition there are special expanded sections for scientists, artists, writers, composers, famous women, and politicians accessible from the 'Options' panel).People Selection Criteria The History section displays timelines for the major civilizations with many text links. (See also Introduction to Timelines). The Events section is growing monthly. At the present time it reaches back from 2004 to 1790 and depicts events on a year to year basis. The Maps section displays seven Periods of World History with many links to dozens of regional maps. An Index leads to an alphabetical index for persons depicted within the lifelines of the People's section.Hyperhistory is complemented with a comprehensive world history text, accessible from the Text button beside the Index button in the lower left. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84461 Center for Story and Symbol is a for-profit site offering lectures on mythology by Jonathan Young, Ph.D., who served as the Founding Curator of the Joseph Campbell Archives and Library. However, on the site, he has a resource page that identifies links that are particularly valuable for teaching mythology and are rich with artwork. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=250281 This is another website that I use for my 6th graders as well as for my adult learners. It is comparative to the CIA site that does the same thing. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=690031 ״Learn about ancient historical buildings like the Taj Mahal, Pantheon, Petra and more. Fifty famous buildings have been covered along with lessons of history, architecture and structural design accompanied by several pictures.'This app costs $0.99 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=684105 'A graphic representation of the entire natural and human history.''• Scrollable timeline thousands of times longer than the Earth's circumference.• Editable time range that can span trillions of years into both the past and the future.• Zoomable timeline that can display dates and times down to a fraction of a second.• Extensive and wide-ranging events from the Big Bang and evolution, to historical events and future projections.• Concise and fun facts with links to additional external resources.• Includes Natural History, World History, U.S. History, Science & Technology, Art & Architecture, and Sports.• Self-contained app with optional RSS updates to automatically receive new events.• Events belong to categories that can be turned on or off to display a timeline with any number of category combinations.• Simple yet powerful user interface that includes scrolling, zooming, indexes, and bookmarks.• Optional Today in History to discover what happened on the same calendar day.• The free version allows adding 3 trial events.• The free version displays the entire timeline for 10 days, and from year 1950 to 2050 thereafter.• Runs on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad iOS 4.2.'This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=715915 'Today In History is the easiest/best way to get the history information you want when you want it. ----- ABOUT THE APP -----We are dedicated to sharing world history, and personally significant "historical" information.As soon as you open the application you are shown all the major events that happened on that day. Created for history, trivia, and knowledge lovers and also for fans of On This Day, This Day In, Today In pages. ----- TOP FEATURES -----✔ Over 100k historical events. ✔ Several wikipedia links per entry✔ Add your own events, share them with friends✔ Share events via Twitter, Facebook, etc.'This app costs $1.99