http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:18:30 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 15:18:30 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=679467 A history lesson http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=563258 A brief history of Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and his election of 1800 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=560486 This is a Tennessee history tutorial designed to help students taking a Tennessee history course better understand where to locate good information about Tennessee's history. Includes a short quiz at the end. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=282523 This Web Page provides tutorials for performing research on topics related to New York City, and teaches students how to use resources such as the St. John's University Library Catalog, ProQuest Direct (Periodical Database), ProQuest Historical Newspapers, and the NYC Department of City Planning. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82510 An overview of the Tudor period of England, this site, which is part of the Tudor History web ring, focuses primarily on the monarchy with its wars and politics. But it includes material on some other aspects from food to music and architecture. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82085 An example of classes and types of British official documents in the Stanford libraries for the study of primary sources. Documents are provided, along with explanations and historiography. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80486 This is a companion site to the PBS documentary "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow," a study of segregation and racial violence from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the modern civil rights movement. The home page identifies this site as an "educator's site." In addition to a section on the television series, the site contains sections for history, geography, American literature, and teacher's resources. The three content sections include essays on a wide range of topics and links to lesson plans and resources. The teacher's resources section contains lesson plans, simulations, narratives from people who came of age during the Jim Crow era, an image gallery, a Jim Crow encyclopedia, and links to related web sites. The latter web sites were evaluated by teacher and student teams. The many lesson plans were submitted by teachers. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80044 An on-line curriculum guide that explains the development of maritime technologies and the principal voyages from ancient times to Captain Cook's 1768 voyage to the South Pacific. Though attention is given to some early non-Western accomplishments, the main focus is on European voyages from the Viking era through the 18th century. The site includes a list of activities for teachers and studentsto supplement the explanatory texts. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80045 The End of Europe's Middle Ages is designed to assist those students engaged in Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern studies who lack a background in medieval European history. The site provides a brief overview of the conditions at the end of Europe's Middle Ages, summarizing the economic, political, religious and intellectual environment of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to furnish a baseline against which the vast changes of the following centuries may be measured. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80052 This is not so much a unified website as a number of interlinked BBC history sites dealing with different aspects of industrialization --primarily in Britain (where it is spelled as "industrialisation״). The site is thus more conducive to exploring various themes in the history of industrialization than to obtaining a systematic overview of the topic. And the themes deal more with the technical and material side of industrialization than with its economic and social effects. But the site contains many interactive animations and game-like features that would hold the interest of a younger audience.