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Historical Investigation, Local History, and the World Wide Web

The History Institute, University of Massachusetts / Amherst

 

 

Saturday, September 17th

Time	Activity
9:30 am	Welcome Historical Investigation Using Local History Resources: The Lizzie Borden Case Study Beth Terhune, CCBIT, UMass Amherst   Help on accessing Lizzie...
10:20 am	Hands-on activity I Using local history to probe questions of race, justice, and equality Can you hear the voices? Primary sources and the power of contextualization Using local history to explore questions of family life over time Using local resource collections to explore the nature of war
10:50 am	Break
11:00 am	Hands-on activity II
11:30 am	Assessment activity
11:45 am	Whole group discussion
Noon	Lunch

Additional Resources on Technology in Humanities Classrooms:

• Randy Bass, "Can American Studies find a Whole in the Net?" American Studies in Scandinavia (Fall 1996) (Odense University Press). (http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/guide/asins96.html)
• Randy Bass, "A Working Synthesis of Technologies and Benefits," Engines of Inquiry: A Practical Guide for Using Technology to Teach American Culture, American Crossroads Project (http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/conversations/synth_2.html)
• Randy Bass, "Engines of Inquiry: Teaching, Technology, and Learner-Centered Approaches to Culture and History," Engines of Inquiry: A Practical Guide for Using Technology to Teach American Culture, American Crossroads Project (http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/guide/engines.html)
• Randy Bass, "The Garden in the Machine: The Impact of American Studies on New Technologies," The American Crossroads Project (http://www.georgetown.edu/bassr/garden.html)
• Andrew McMichael, Michael O'Malley, and Roy Rosenzweig, " Historians and the Web: A Beginner's Guide," Perspectives (December 1995) (http://chnm.gmu.edu/chnm/beginner.html)
• Michael O'Malley and Roy Rosenzweig, "Brave New World or Blind Alley? American History on the World Wide Web," Journal of American History, (June 1997). (http://chnm.gmu.edu/chnm/jah.html)
• Todd Oppenheimer, "The Computer Delusion," The Atlantic Monthly (July 1997): 45 - 56. (http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jul/computer.htm)
• Roy Rosenzweig, "'So, What's Next for Clio?' CD-ROM and Historians," Journal of American History, Vol. 81, No. 4 (March 1995): 1621 - 1640. (http://chnm.gmu.edu/chnm/clio.html)