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The course blog for History in the Digital Age a course at American University. One of the explicit goals of this course is for us to develop as communicators on the public web. So please do join our conversation, but please do so respectfully. We are all learning how to do this together.Categories
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Category Archives: video games
Jamestown Adventure Game
For this week, I tested out the Jamestown Online Adventure brought to you by History Globe. The game overall is very simple and does not take long to get through, but I think it’s an extremely useful educational tool. The premise … Continue reading
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Bridget Sullivan Digital Project Proposal
My digital project will address the abolition debates in the colony of Rhode Island in the period leading up to the American Revolution. While the state of institutionalized slavery in the South and the bloody fight of the American Civil … Continue reading
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Show & Tell: Chicago History Museum
I know that we haven’t gotten to the weeks on historical web games yet, but I was googling around just to see what kind of games might exist on the topic of my beloved hometown and I found a series … Continue reading
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“Where In Time is Carmen Sandiego?” And Historical Memory
I did not play many video games growing up, save for when my brother let me join in some Mario Kart or Goldeneye. And though we have not gotten to the point in the semester where video games are on … Continue reading
Possible Project – Turkal
For my project, I would like to explore the meanings inscribed within Crysis 2 as related to Orientalism. To accomplish this, I will ruminate on the text of the game and pen a narrative explication of what I discover. Scholars … Continue reading
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Playing with Justice: Argument Wars
Here’s the issue. You’re trying to get students to understand the Supreme Court. Not just that it’s an organization that consists of nine justices and that it interprets the law, but how it actually goes about doing so. How does … Continue reading
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