Community

I reviewed a discussion entitled “Most Influential Events in American History” on the History Channel’s website http://boards.historychannel.com/forum.jsp?forum=30069. While most of the proposed events appear to be typical responses - most involve major events such as wars, inventions, assassinations and Presidential... More

Archives/Research

The North American Women’s Letters and Diaries digital archive holds over 150,000 pages of published letters and diaries from roughly 1,325 North American women from the Colonial era through 1950. The archive is well-structured and easy to navigate and the... More

Final Project Proposal

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources website has a few webpages which address the state’s highway historical markers http://www.dhr.state.va.us/hiway_markers/hwmarker_info.htm. The site does little more than explain the criteria for marker sponsors, the application process and tell visitors how to purchase... More

Digital scholarship

In Dreaming Arnold Schwarzenegger, Louise Krasniewicz and Michael Blitz take unique approaches to both their scholarship and its presentation. The dreams that Krasniewicz and Blitz began having about Schwarzeneggar while writing their initial standard publication inspired them to present their... More

Good and Bad Design

“Good” web design: http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/index.html This site is easy to navigate, pleasing to the eye and meets Williams and Tollett’s four basic design principles (alignment, proximity, repetition and contrast). The top and right side remains constant throughout the site except for... More

Narrative

1. Bill Cronon calls his essay "A Place for Stories." What is the story that Cronon tells in his essay? William Cronon’s story is about the meaning and value of narratives to the study of history. He recounts multiple stories... More

Additional Website Evaluation Comments

Rob, I found your review of the Brainerd website very insightful. The point you raise about the appropriateness of his simple web design vis-à-vis his content and easy tone is a good one. This website, more than any other that... More

Web Review Essay

The motivation for and the successes and failures of Progressive Era settlement houses has been a topic of historical debate for years. Did the reformers, by and large, favor acculturation or multiculturalism? To what degree did Christianity and capitalism inspire... More

website evaluation

DoHistory http://dohistory.org Created by Film Study Center, Harvard University and hosted by Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. Reviewed September 2004. The DoHistory website focuses on Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s impressive book, A Midwife’s Tale, and the subsequent... More

Scavenger Hunt

This project took me over an hour. I found numbers 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 quite easily, but the others took me a little time. 1. Trotsky English recording: After searching around for a bit on a few search... More

What Historians Do

Reaching your audience should be a goal (which is what we're doing here with online work -- I assume).... More