Digital History Projects

Digital history has enormous potential. Below is a brief article explaining "What is Digital History?" Following that are a some examples of digital history projects.

This is a great example of the possibilities of incorporating story mapping in the classroom. Click on https://sites.wp.odu.edu/primary-sources/ for the home page to see several more.

BEFORE BUZZFEED: GOING VIRAL IN 19TH-CENTURY AMERICA

USING DIGITAL HISTORY IN THE CLASSROOM: THREE SIMPLE PRINCIPLES

This is an additional article from AHA explaing digital history in the classroom

This comprehensive database allows slave voyage records searches. The site contains many maps, images, 3D models, a timeline lapse map and many elements allowing users to study the the slave trade

http://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/

The Clio.com

http://digitalharlem.org/

A neat exploration of Harlem from 1915-1930 through digital sources. This was one of the first digital history projects I encountered.

GIS

One of the many avenues of digital history, some GIS tutorials and explanations are included below

https://learn.arcgis.com/en/

https://sites.google.com/view/justmapit/home

This site has a number of tools for historians and teachers of history to develop their own GIS tools

Michael Burchett

Assistant Professor of History

Digital History Projects

GIS