MERLOT Materials

This site is based upon the PBS television special about the Mississippi River flood of 1927. It includes primary source... see more

This site is an archive of primary sources (including songs, letters, poems, images, and speeches) and questions to... see more

This site gives a wealth of information about the civil war. Students enjoy exploring the site and learning about the... see more

Hundreds of photographs, documents, and film clips to browse to discover the connection between some of the National... see more

This is a free, online textbook that also offers links to Documents and External Links.  "This part of American history,... see more

This is "a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into... see more

This web site contains images, descriptions and translations of original documents from the days immediately following... see more

A collection of interactive learning objects. This link is their collection of lessons related to religion - mostly brief... see more

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

This subject studies the changing structure of American politics, economics, and society from the end of the Civil War to... see more

This subject is devoted to reading and discussing basic American historical texts that are often cited but often remain... see more

This course is concerned primarily with the revolutionary origins of American government. Topics covered include: English... see more

Although attention will be devoted to the causes and long-term consequences of the Civil War, this class will focus... see more

This course examines the American experience at home and abroad from Pearl Harbor to the end of the Cold War. Topics... see more

In this seminar we will examine various issues related to the intersection of race and gender in Asian America, starting... see more

This course explores the history of the ideal of personal freedom with an eye towards contemporary debates over the pros... see more

This class examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure,... see more

This course will explore how Americans have confronted energy challenges since the end of World War II. Beginning in the... see more

This course examines the history of the United States as a "nation of immigrants" within a broader global context. It... see more

Writing in the wake of the Civil War, poet Walt Whitman insisted that "the real war will never get in the books."... see more

This subject explores the legal history of the United States as a gendered system. It examines how women have shaped the... see more

This seminar focuses on downtowns in U.S. cities from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Emphasis... see more

Hitherto it had gone by the original Indian name Manna-hatta, or as some still have it, 'The Manhattoes'; but this was... see more

This course analyzes Russia's social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and... see more