Before Class:
Read
- Carly A. Kocurek, “Play Saves the Day: Tron, Wargames, and the Gamer as Protagonist” from Coin-Operated Americans, 115-150. (Available on JSTOR)
- Sam Wineburg, “Thinking Like a Historian,” Teaching with Primary Sources Quarterly 3, 1 (Winter 2010).
- Roy Rosenzweig, “Can History Be Open Source: Wikipedia and the Future of the Past,” The Journal of American History 93 no. 1 (Jun 2006): 117-146. [Available on JSTOR].
- Reference and User Services Association’s Primary Sources on the Web: Evaluating & Using (please read these two short sections.)
Watch:
- Watch: Credible Websites? by Harness Library, YouTube. (approx. 4 min.)
- Watch: Google, How Search Works on YouTube (approx. 3 min.)
- Watch: Heavy Metal Umlaut by Jon Udell on YouTube (approx. 8.5 min)
Do:
- Install Zotero and read/watch the quick start guide.
- Familiarize yourself with the Digital Public Library of America, the GMU history sources database, Internet Archive, and Google Scholar.
After Class:
We covered a lot on how to do research like a historian in the digital age. For this week’s blog post, I want you all to search the internet and find one web source you find credible and one you do not. (200-500 words) Using some of the information we have covered, how did you come to these conclusions? You should be thinking about the final project at least a little at this point, and I want you to write some on how these skills can be used to find sources for your final project. (Even if you don’t have a concrete topic yet!) DUE FEBRUARY 18 BY 5PM