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.
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Showcase
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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Arlington National Cemetery Education Program
Welcome to Arlington National Cemetery’s new education program! Discover the diverse history of the United States through...
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: What Led to Her Abjuration?
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th-century nun from Mexico, known then as New Spain. At a time when most women in New...
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Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center raises awareness of underreported global issues through direct support for quality journalism across...
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National Women's History Museum - Resources for Students and Educators
National Women's History Museum has a wide variety of resources for students to learn about history and historical...
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DVL: Vatican Library
A digital library service that provides free access to the Vatican Library’s digitized collections: manuscripts,...
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Learning an Organizing System: Library of Congress Sanborn Maps Collection
The Sanborn Maps Collection (https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps) includes over 35,000 digitized fire insurance...
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Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin'
Mendl Mann’s autobiographical novel The Fall of Berlin tells the painful yet compelling story of life as a Jewish soldier...
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Sanborn Map Collection at the Library of Congress, an organizational overview.
The lesson plan and accompanying slide show provide an overview of the organization and collection at the Library of...
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The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: An Introduction
The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: An Introduction is a peer-reviewed chronological survey of the LGBTQ fight for equal...
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Guillotine
This is a guide to help history students learn about an old execution tool, called the guillotine, made famous during the...
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History of the Guillotine
This is a freely accible book available on Wilisource. The free online library. Written in 1853 by John Wilson Croker...
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Guillotine
The Guillotine was introduced by Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotine, he was not the inventor of the machine only a lobbyist for...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This is a guide designed to help students learn about the legacy that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had on...
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Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century
From ‘folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, Waltzing Through Europe explores the changing reception of fashionable couple...
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Open Scholarship Knowledge Base
The Open Scholarship Knowledge Base contains resources created, curated, and contributed by the Open Scholarship...
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What are Reparations? Britain Owes Reparations to India.
Rajiv Malhotra explains why Britain owes reparations to India. Video clip used with permission from Rajiv Malhotra,...
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World War II: Comfort Women in Korea
"Comfort Women" is a subject of contentious debate between Korea and Japan. This video focuses on the history of "comfort...
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Mendez vs. Westminster Case: Separate is NOT Equal. Violation of Fourteenth Amendment
The Mendez family won the landmark federal court case that challenged segregation in California schools. In 1947...
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What is the Monroe Doctrine? US Interventions in Latin America Explained.
How did the Monroe Doctrine become the justification for American interventions in Latin America? Who is the legitimate...
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What is Liberation Theology? Why did it gain popularity in Latin America?
This video provides a brief history of Latin American Liberation Theology and explains why the Vatican condemned it.
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Why did Fidel Castro Intervene in the Angolan Civil War?
This video explains how and why Fidel Castro supported the MPLA in Angola from 1975 to 2002. The Battle of Cuito...
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Confucianism Explained
This video explains the teachings of Confucius. Education is the path to moral excellence, which is central to building a...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: Can Humans Defy Aging and Conquer Death?
This video offers a summary and analysis of the main themes in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The world’s first recorded epic...
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Open at the Margins: Critical Perspectives on Open Education
Open At The Margins: Critical Perspectives on Open Education is a pertinent book on Open Education, "containing 38...
New Members
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Christopher WestPasadena City College
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Maurine TerryEnumclaw School District
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Alvaro SilvaNova School of Business and Economics
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Michael SmookSmook Lectures
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Katherine SadlerClark College
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claudia medinapacentra
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Mathew RaylGladwin Community Schools
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Marjorie JeffersUniversity of Southern Queensland
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Christina WilburLamar University - Port Arthur
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Anna YoungUniversity of Tennessee System - Knoxville
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Panorama EducNone
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Hugo VargasAUHSD
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Brandy BarnesNone
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D. Zizwe PoeLincoln University
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Mihai MatcovUSM
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Kairen JungKairen SAT/AP Prep
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Maureen FrantzichNone
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Maurice BrownSouthwest Tennessee Community College
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Iain MacleodUniversity of Glasgow
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Raphael NkakaUniversity of Rwanda
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Montgomery CollierAtkins High School
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Matt WolskiMetea Valley high School
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Harry MiktarianSan Francisco State University
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sue fitzpatrickNone
Materials by Discipline
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History on the Web
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Today in History: Ghanaians hungrier now than when I was President – Mahama
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Today in History: Jan. 15, 2021
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Today in history: Police 'dyeing' to find purple bandits
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American history contest winners
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Today in history: Jan. 14
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VICTOR JOECKS: The lowest-stakes impeachment in American history
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Donald Trump Now Owns Half of All the Presidential Impeachments in US History
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Guest opinion: Gaylon Kent: We're already better off
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Excitement turned to dejection for Minnesotan outside Capitol during insurrection
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The Biggest Tax Reforms in US History
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Pence vows to honor US history, ensure safe inauguration of new president
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Oprah Winfrey documentary to release on Apple TV+
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Today in History, Jan. 15
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Darlington County School District to remain virtual through Jan. 22
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History gathering artifacts from deadly US Capitol riot
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Americans around the world were part of the largest voter turnout in US history
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History on Twitter
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