History Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT History Portal, an educational resource for teaching and learning. Use this portal to discover online learning materials, MERLOT members, journals, professional organizations, and news in your discipline.
You are also invited to join MERLOT – it's free! As a member of MERLOT, you can contribute to this growing community of instructors and students by using and rating the learning materials you find, submitting online learning materials for evaluation that you have created or that you have used.
MERLOT prides itself on the peer reviews of material in our collection. As a member you can become a peer reviewer which has many benefits! The peer review process for evaluating the teaching and learning resources in MERLOT follows a standard model and is led by Editors and editorial boards. Faculty members are selected in accordance with MERLOT guidelines. For more information, email beareviewer@merlot.org or visit our Peer Review Information page.
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Hundreds of photographs, documents, and film clips to browse to discover the connection between some of the National Archives' most treasured records.
New Materials
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Man of Inspiration - Human Rights through the Life and Work of Václav Havel
Václav Havel, a Czech president, writer and dissident, was one of the leading dissidents and human rights activists of...
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International Journal of Open Educational Resources
The International Journal of Open Educational Resources (IJOER) is a bi-annual, open access, double-blind peer-reviewed...
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Ancient Civilization History
Ancient Civilization History is a mobile app that is an encyclopedia about world ancient civilizations. Although this...
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Learn World History (Free) - Apps on Google Play
This is the free version of this application. The full version has no ads and has twice as many historical events in its...
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Traits of Civilization
Traits of civilization is a video found on youtube.com that discusses the characteristics required for a society to be...
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The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1
Crash Course is a wonderful instructional video that explains various events in from world history, U.S. history, and...
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Study.com | Take Online Courses. Earn College Credit. Research Schools, Degrees & Careers
Take online courses on Study.com that are fun and engaging. Pass exams to earn real college credit. Research schools and...
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Civil War Photo Sleuth
Civil War Photo Sleuth (CWPS) is a website that brings together technology and community, creating an entirely new...
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The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 4: Picture That: Making a Show of the Jongleur
This ambitious and vivid study in six volumes explores the journey of a single, electrifying story, from its first...
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ANZUS and the Early Cold War: Strategy and Diplomacy Between Australia, New Zealand and the United States, 1945-1956
The ANZUS Alliance was a defence arrangement between Australia, New Zealand and the United States that shaped...
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The Red Countess: Select Autobiographical and Fictional Writing of Hermynia Zur Mühlen (1883-1951)
Born into a distinguished aristocratic family of the old Habsburg Empire, Hermynia Zur Mühlen spent much of her childhood...
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The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 5: Tumbling into the Twentieth Century
This ambitious and vivid study in six volumes explores the journey of a single, electrifying story, from its first...
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British Literature I: Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century and Neoclassicism
The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you British Literature I: From the Middle...
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Undergraduate Research Commons
The Undergraduate Research Commons (URC), a Bepress research portal curated by university librarians, is a portal...
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RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes): The Open Science Journal
RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) journal publishes all outputs of the research cycle, including project proposals, data,...
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Playing History | Do I Have A Right
There are tons of free historical games, interactives and simulations on the web. Playing history aggregates info on...
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Body Care Through the Ages
A really great lesson thought-starter surrounding the use of some weird and wonderful ingredients in skin and body care...
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The Planetary Report (Open Access)
The Planetary Report is the internationally recognized flagship magazine of The Planetary Society, featuring lively...
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Canadian History: Post-Confederation
This textbook introduces aspects of the history of Canada since Confederation. “Canada” in this context includes...
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Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
Canadian History: Pre-Confederation is a survey text that introduces undergraduate students to important themes in North...
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Open History Seminar: Canadian History
This book is an open-access collection of primary and secondary sources for Canadian history. It is suitable for use at...
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R.J. Rummel: An Assessment of His Many Contributions | SpringerLink
The book provides a critical and constructive assessment of the many contributions to social science and politics made by...
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Open Science: Sharing Your Research with the World
Starting Oct. 30, 2018, this four week introductory course "Open Science: Sharing Your Research with the World" is...
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World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500
World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind...
New Members
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Toni PoulsenLassen College
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Barbora GrečnerováVaclav Havel Library
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Michelle StonisGlendale Community/Technical College
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Kristine HuntIdaho State University
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Mahaveer Sankhalauniversity of delhi
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Tim DanielsFerrum College
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jack jonsreston
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Maria Iacullo-BirdPace University
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Nicholas MillerBall State University
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Debra SolomonHollidaysburg Area Senior High School
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Danny HamnerGenesee Community/Technical College
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Vanessa JacobsL.E. Fletcher Technical Community College
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Patrick HoltSUNY The State University of New York
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Uzoamaka AnyiwoCurry College
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Gabrielle WhitlockLake Creek High School
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Charmayne PattersonClark Atlanta University
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Aubrey UnderwoodClark Atlanta University
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Roberto MartoranaLiceo "Francesco Scaduto"
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Tanya AndersenMilton District High School
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Sharon Robinsoncorporate museum
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Chris JohnsonUniversities of Cambridge and Essex
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Dominic SalvucciNew Brighton Area School District
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Megan GanierClark County School District
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Nicholas AspinwallFusion Academy Mission Viejo
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