IRC Product Review

IRC Product Reviews

The American History and World History Videodiscs & CD-ROMs:

"Thank you for the American History and World History videodiscs and CD-ROMs, recently sent for our review. We found these materials to be excellent in breadth, depth, and overall quality. The narration was informative, interesting, and pleasant to hear. The images were lush, and, often, spectacular. Overall, we can envision these materials being used across grade levels, with children of varied needs and learning styles, and across disciplines in multi-leveled ways...."
Marjorie Cohee Manifold, Assistant Director
ERIC:ART (Educational Resource Information Center)
Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education

The American History History CD-ROM:
"The coverage includes pre-history through the 1990’s.... Teachers and students can readily create lessons, lesson plans and presentations with these materials.... Designed to be used alone or with a companion videodisc, this extensive compilation of more than 2,500 visuals offers an excellent visual resource for the enterprising student and teacher."

Review from the American Library Association Booklist
February 1997

The Western Civilization Videodisc & CD-ROM:

"This comprehensive, versatile resource represents a virtual library of still and moving images, documents, maps, sound clips and text which make up the history of Western Civilization from prehistoric times to the early 1990s... The resource provides access to more than 3500 excellent quality still images, with captions, and overviews useful for research, independent study, or a wide range of instructional purposes. Images include illustrations, paintings, and photographs of historical figures and events, political cartoons, historic sites, architecture, artifacts and works of art..."
Marjorie Cohee Manifold, Assistant Director
ERIC:ART (Educational Resource Information Center)
Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education