Technology is changing that way that history is presented. With the ability to make history interactive like it has never been before you are able to engage many more people. With the expanding use of online digital collections more and more people are being exposed and engaged in a way that had never been conceived previously. With more and more students going to the internet for information websites and digital collections that are more interactive might be more appealing than just reading som… Continue

As a student I never liked the essay. They always seemed like busy work to me. But that was from the perspective of someone who would have rather been doing just about anything else that get the essay done. Now that I am more informed and much wiser then I was in high school, I appreciate the skills that are needed for the essay. There is something to be said for a person that can successfully prove a position on a question with only five paragraphs. It is a skill that is important to all studen… Continue

In any relationship of power, there is resistance. One of the major trends in history in the later half of the 20th century was locating and valuing resistance to power. Guilds, factories, armies, colonies, and every other organized structure for exerting power faced resistance to power. The most successful organizations designed outlets for this resistance that did not challenge the status quo, but provided the oppressed an opportunity for relief. Whether through legal rights, customs, or tacit… Continue

I want to teach social studies and history because I am fascinated by the past. I enjoyed history in middle and high school but in college I was exposed to a type of instruction I had not had much experience with. My first US history professor in college colored his lectures with real stories. He introduced us to the actual people we were studying. We went to the Southern Historical Collection, which was housed on campus, we were able to read letters, decipher ledgers, examine hand drawn maps fr… Continue