Overview Online digital scholarship projects are abundant. Parsing a dataset is important to figure out what it’s trying to accomplish, what research goals it supports, and how it may encode particular assumptions and biases. The video by Dr. Miriam Posner…
Module 10 Annotation
Annotation Worksheet: Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome in Pop Culture Overview Pop culture has a significant influence on how we understand and learn history. Sam Wineburg, an educational psychologist and scholar of teaching and learning, has conducted a lot of…
Module 8 Annotation
Herodotus, Thucydides, and Histories of War and Empire Learning Objectives: Students will apply their close reading skills to analyze a translated primary source text by Herodotus or Thucydides, the often-considered first historians. Students will develop an understanding of the limits…
Module 6 Source Annotation
Learning Objectives Students will continue to develop historical thinking skills to systematically analyze primary sources (artifacts from early civilizations). Students will make connections between assigned readings and artifacts as evidence for historical scholarship. Students will consider the role of religion…
Module 4 Source Annotation
Learning Objectives Students will develop historical thinking skills to systematically analyze primary sources (artifacts from early civilizations). Students will make connections between assigned readings and artifacts as evidence for historical scholarship. Students will consider the role of geography in shaping…
Week 2 Project Annotation
Online digital scholarship projects are abundant. Parsing a digital project is important to figure out what it’s trying to accomplish, what research goals. It helps to have a set of reliable criteria to use to break down a project into…