using technology to teach american history
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USING TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH AMERICAN HISTORY
John LeeNorth Carolina State University
Outline
Digital historical content Accessing digital content Explorations Tools for working with digital content Creating new digital content
Digital historical content
What do we mean by digital content in history?
What are some sources of digital content in history that you can use in your teaching?
What is some areas of interest where digital content might be available given your curriculum?
…initial questions
•Review of existing resources•Tools for doing history online•Specific explorations
Workshop focus
Existing digital historical resources
American Memory (http://loc.gov)
National Archives and Records Administration (http://archives.gov)
Virginia Center for Digital History (http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu)
The Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.lib.va.us)
Plantation Letters (http://plantationletters.com)
Central Florida Memory Project (http://www.cfmemory.com )
Tools in digital history
Flickr Wikipedia
Tools for working with visuals
www.voicethread.com
Exploration #1 Examining access to historical documents
The Lee Resolution
Exploration #2Analyzing historical documents
The Lee ResolutionSCIM Summarize Contextualize Infer Monitor
www.historicalinquiry.com
Exploration #3Analyzing historical documents
Plantation Letters
SCIM-C Summarize Contextualize Infer Monitor Corroborate
www.historicalinquiry.com
Exploration #4 Examining online historical thinking
The John White watercolors
