Digital History.edu
By: Brittney Arkebauer
Date: December 3, 2013
How to Use the Site
1. Go through timeline
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Can drag or just click on a
space
For each era, you can choose
to view from:
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Media
Documents
Textbook
Teaching
How to use the Site
2. Click on the era needed on bottom
of page
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Take you to the same page
3. On the top
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Choose topic to look at for each
era
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Overview, Textbook, Documents,
Events, People, Music, Film, Images,
Do History, Multimedia, For Teachers,
Links, and Quizzes
4. View by topic
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Highlights of the past
How to Use the Site
5. View by topic
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Advertisements, History of cultural critics,
architecture, art, beauty and fashion, cemeteries,
children, controversies, courtship, decision making,
film, food, historiography, immigration and
ethnicity, music, photography, political cartoons,
private life, propaganda posters, science and
technology, and slavery
Provides historical information on each topic listed
10 Ways Digital History can be used to
a Teacher’s Benefit
1. Timeline sets eras in order
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Easy to learn in sequence
2. Includes virtual exhibitions
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Great for visual learners
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/ah
d/index.html
3. Textbook references for each era
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Get students involved in history and reading
4. Provides lesson plans
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?er
aID=3&smtid=11
10 Ways Digital History can be used to
a Teacher’s Benefit
5. Voices of historical importance
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Documents showing
individual’s opinions on
different topics
6. Maps
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Organized by century and era
Civil War map
7. Quizzes on each section of the
timeline
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Simple, yet effective
10 Ways Digital History can be used to
a Teacher’s Benefit
8. Music examples/explanations given
− Crazy Blues
9. eXplorations
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Interactive module
Give students ability to discover history on their own
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/e
xplorations/pocohontas/pocahontas_menu.cfm
10. Teacher-ready handouts provided
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook_pri
nt.cfm?smtid=11&psid=3844
digitalhistory.edu
Discovering history through
technology can be fun.
Explore now to find
interesting facts and to learn
about our nations past!