This project will develop a website that traces the history and mythology of the famous Underground Railroad (UGRR). The project focuses on a fairly restricted geographic region, Western Illinois. This
Month: February 2020
Digital history project: a revised personaDigital history project: a revised persona
Name: Thomas Demographic: African American, middle class, educated male, socially liberal Descriptive Title: a father and community activist involved in programs to encourage inter-racial dialogue End Goals:Thomas would use this website because it
The Relationship Between Audience and Content in Public History ProjectsThe Relationship Between Audience and Content in Public History Projects
Public historians face several challenges when they think about the relationship between the content of their projects and the audiences that will experience them, which academic historians focused on classroom
Feedback from potential users of a proposed digital history project on Western Illinois’ Underground RailroadFeedback from potential users of a proposed digital history project on Western Illinois’ Underground Railroad
I’m thinking of a digital history projects that develops an open-access website that maps various kinds of evidence of the Western Illinois region’s underground railroad history and its possible ties
Review of the Western Illinois Museum physical and digital sitesReview of the Western Illinois Museum physical and digital sites
The Western Illinois Museum physical site, 201 South Lafayette Street, Macomb, Illinois The Western Illinois Museum takes its title from an area that historically was termed the Military Tract, comprised
