MERLOT Materials

Essays on religion, religious movements and religious groups in America from Colonial times through the 20th century.... see more

This companion site to the PBS special "Reconstruction: The Second Civil War" offers insights into late 19th century... see more

Divided into four chronological periods, these modules cover a variety of topics, including indentured servitude, runaway... see more

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center offers an extensive variety of materials associated with the 19th President... see more

This site provides material from Harper's Weekly relating to the 1868 impeachment of Andrew Johnson. The site includes... see more

Welcome to Arlington National Cemetery’s new education program! Discover the diverse history of the United States through... see more

This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

Site includes critical resources in the study of Emily Dickinson's poetry, writings by Dickinson's family, and responses... see more

According to the "Project Overview," Digital Durham "offers students, teachers, and researchers a range of primary... see more

Archaeologists and historians rediscover a famous nineteenth-century New York neighborhood, the Five Points district.... see more

Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraska explores the development... see more

This web site uses the experience of Illinois at the end of the nineteenth century to illuminate larger themes in U.S.... see more

Mission US is a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive games aimed at... see more

This open textbook is being utilized in a history course for undergraduate students by Michael Henderson, Ph.D., at... see more

This app for the iPad presents an entirely new way of looking at history and why learning history is important. View this... see more

According to the site's homepage, "Historic Pittsburgh is a comprehensive collection of local resources that supports... see more

This web site presents information and documents that examine the freedmen's colony on Roanoke Island, NC, during the... see more

This is a free, open textbook that covers US History from 1865 through the 20th century. There is an interactive table of... see more

Digital editions of 141 19th-century schoolbooks and two surveys of historic schoolbooks written by Emeritus Professor... see more

Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States.... see more

This US history online textbook is presented in four parts: 1 Progressive Era (Part I) 2 The Progressive Era (Part II) 3... see more

GDN has linked policy research institutes from 11 regions and more than 100 countries. GDN offers a range of journals... see more

The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign... see more

HistoriCorps® is a national organization that works through partnerships to mobilize volunteers to save and sustain our... see more