Transcript Teaching History with Merlot Classics Award Winning Materials

Teaching History with Merlot
Classics Award Winning
Materials
William Paquette, Ph.D.
Merlot History Co-Editor
Professor of History - VCCS
Why should I use material on
a web site in my teaching?
Web Based Materials
Are free
Are visually appealing
Offer direct use of primary sources
Supplement instructional materials
Encourage computer literacy
Teach discrimination of internet materials
Contain learning objects
How do I use web based
materials in my teaching?
Web Based Materials
Offer virtual tours in the classroom
Can be used for online instruction
Can be used for assignments outside
the classroom
Contain resource depositories
Contain imbedded learning objects
Offer instructions opportunities to create
assignments
4 Web Sites
The Lizzie Borden Case
The Valley of the Shadow
Martha Ballard
2002 Merlot Classics Winner
Who Killed William Robinson?
2003 Merlot Classics Winner
Lizzie Borden
In Class Instruction
Virtual tour of 19th century Fall River, MA
Character profile writing
Use of primary sources
Trial testimony
Census data
Maps
Photographs
City directories
Newspaper accounts
Lizzie Borden
Outside Class Activities
Write short papers of 5-7 pages on 19th
century
Class structure
Sexual politics
Family structure
Women in the United States
Leisure and consumer culture
Class conflict
Justice and the media
Lizzie Borden
Teach the Research Paper on 19th
century United States
Urbanization
Industrialization
Mass Production
Consumer attitudes
Technology
Leisure
Women
Valley of the Shadows
In Class Instruction
Virtual tour of primary sources
Newspapers
Letters
Diaries
Photographs
Military records
Maps
Church records
Population/census data
Agricultural census data
Valley of the Shadows
Outside Class Instruction
Research and Write Social History
Papers
Women
African Americans
Farmers
Politicians
Soldiers
Valley of the Shadows
Outside Class Instruction
Compare and Contrast Papers
Augusta County, VA with Franklin County,
PA
North and South views on Slavery
Occupations
Immigration
Railroad building
Industrialization
Agriculture
Martha Ballard
In Class Instruction
Virtual tour of 18th century Maine
Teach primary sources
Teach research paper and/or short
subject papers
Develop local history projects
Conduct genealogical research
Martha Ballard
Outside Class Instruction
Teach the research paper
Film as historical narrative
Midwifery and herbal medicines
Diary writing
Historical investigation (toolkit provided)
Home textile production
Law and justice in 18th century New
England
Who Killed William Robinson?
Meet the Authors!
Ruth Sandwell
John Lutz
How I Use Web Based Materials
Information collection
Supplementary readings
Virtual tours of art work
Writing short papers
Discriminating between primary and
secondary sources
Extra credit
Extra Credit and Web Based Materials
Four units of study per semester
Each unit of study has an extra credit
assignment worth 25 points
Accumulated extra credit points can
equal 100 points
Extra Credit points may replace the
lowest test grade