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Historical films can be used in the classroom in several ways. They can be used to introduce an historic event, a movement, and influential people to students. They can be a springboard for discussions about how to critically examine films and videos that students watch outside of the classroom. They present an opportunity for us…

Film Review: Mrs. America Title: Mrs. America Year: April 15 – May 27, 2020 Producers: Dahvi Waller, Cate Blanchett, Tanya Barfield, Micah Schraft, Coco Francini, Niecy Nash, James W. Skotchdopole, Tracey Ullman, Sarah Paulson, Stacey Sher, Teresa Pavlinek, Adam Brody, Sharon Hoffman I watched the series on on the streaming platform Hulu. The nine episode…

For my final project based on the 2017 International Women’s March, I have started researching and learning about the history of protests taking place in Washington, DC, including the 1913 Women’s Suffrage March. I have looked into using a timeline plugin on the Omeka Word Press website, in order to show the chronology of peaceful…

How could digital media and/or digital tools be used in teaching your target audience about history and historical thinking?  Digital media and/or digital tools can be used for teaching history by sharing the historical content and relevant information about the 2017 International Women’s March. It can also be useful in showing historical time and place…

What elements of historical thinking have remained at the heart of history teaching over the decades?  Historical thinking is the process of how we understand the past by using evidence to construct narratives. The foundation of historical thinking begins with content, the acquisition of knowledge about people, events and ideas from the past, whether through…

To think historically can be challenging. It conflicts with how we think naturally, yet is important in understanding the past. Learning about the past is important because it provides us with a sense of structure and place. It gives us roots.  Thinking historically involves several key concepts. First, we must learn about and understand the…

I graduated from Loyola University Maryland with a Bachelor’s degree in History, then taught US History, World History and Geography in middle school and high school for ten years. I stopped teaching to stay home with my children, but have volunteered in various organizations over the years, including Destination Imagination and at my local church.…

This semester’s course on Digital Public History introduced us to the role of the pubic historian.  We learned about how to collaborate with an audience and how to create a digital history project. For the public historian, the process and methods used are the same as the historian working within academia, but instead of working in…

On January 21, 2017 the largest peaceful protest to date took place in towns and cities around the world in reaction to the election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States. Women, men and children gathered in Washington, DC and other locations to hold signs and hear speakers talk about the…

The types of digital public history works being created today have been influenced by recent technological innovations. These innovations have had an impact on digital applications, which in turn has allowed public history to expand its reach into a much wider audience and global community.  The introduction of the World Wide Web, or broadband, connected…