Project Update: The concept for my final project is to encourage students to think like historians rather than observers. Currently, as I focus on how to use ArcGIS for this project, I’ve been gathering data and locations in preparation for mapping. However, last week’s class meeting and the module’s contents have forced me to reconsider…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Rights Statement The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website is incredibly dense with content. They provide information on their current exhibits as well as their traveling and online exhibits. They share materials and guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust, in addition to professional development materials. The site hosts a video…
As a former kindergarten Instructional Asssitant and reformed history hater, the “Thinking Like a Historian” article by Sam Wineberg stuck with me. I’ve always been taught that history is a sequence of events to memorize, and there was little nuance past that. In fact, I struggled with history throughout most of my adolescence up until…
As a history educator most concerned with Black diasporic histories, I find that One Night in Miami and Judas and the Black Messiah are the first films that come to mind for teaching students about historical inquiry. One Night in Miami is a fantastic subject for historical inquiry because it is a fictionalized account of a meeting between…
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had many small wins with the AHS team! Firstly, we were fortunate enough to identify the issue with uploading our podcast content. After reaching out to the team at George Mason University, they increased the upload size! This allowed us to upload WAV files while still considering how we’d…
J Paul Getty Museum Rights Statement The J Paul Getty Museum website offers a guide to the objects in the museum’s collection, research materials, and educational opportunities. The site also boasts over 100,000 free artwork images available through Open Content. Some of their titles are available through their virtual library. Their virtual catalog includes an…
I will start this redefinition with the valuable elements from my previous foundation. Digital Humanities is a vast field that uses computational methods to answer humanities questions. Furthermore, these methods include digitization, datafication, text mining, mapping, and visualizations to expand on this foundation. Digital humanists engage in historical preservation, analytical work, and visualizing the past….
The readings and videos exploring historical thinking across classrooms have reinforced lessons from my academic career while also introducing new ideas that clearly articulate my experiences as both a teacher and a student. The “What is Historical Thinking” video and the “What is Learned in College History Classes?” both demonstrated that the K-12 curriculum aims…
Monroe Kingston Age: 19 years old Occupation: University Student Highest Education: Some college Quote: “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time. – Angela Davis” Day in the Life: Monroe starts her day at 6am in the campus gym. She…
Digitization is the process of converting an item or a subject to a digital format. In cultural heritage and preservation endeavors, digitization is a valuable tool.This process can produce images or videos, as well as other mediums, depending on the subject being captured. Unfortunately, the process of digitization is unable to capture any information that…
