History@Dickinson
The History Department at Dickinson College provides courses in all areas of world history and with historians who employ a wide array of interdisciplinary and multi-media approaches. All History majors at Dickinson experience a core sequence of methods classes, beginning with the Introduction to Historical Methodology in History 204, continuing to Historiography and Advanced Historical Methods (History 304) and culminating with History 404, a capstone senior seminar.Blogroll
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Summer History
While officially I’m working with the Education Department this summer, it is my great fortune to be working with Professor Bair on a project in the history of education field. She does have a Masters in history though, so nobody … Continue reading
Historiography
So I’m sitting in good old Waidner Spahr Library, working on some final things for my Historiography (for Pinsker’s 304). I was going to tweet something about one of my sources, then I wondered how much any of my friends … Continue reading
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Weekend events
This past weekends events were very well put together and organized despite the obstacles mother nature had brought. The kickoff event to the weekend on Friday night did a good job of showing off the hard work that a handful … Continue reading
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House Divided Launch
All of the events at the House Divided launch this past weekend were impressive in and of themselves. The amount of people who showed up to the movie festival Friday night and the teacher workshop Saturday morning, both from local … Continue reading
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House Divided Weekend
I enjoyed all the events for the house divided weekend launch. I thought that all of th events were very successful espicially considering the weather. To me the most successful event was the film festival. I though that the differecnt … Continue reading
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An important step
I feel as though the house divided launch succeeded in gaining public interest and opening the door to a creative and unique way to marry technology and history. The film festival, the digital tour, and the David Blight lecture on why the Civil … Continue reading
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Rapid Reaction
I think the first thing that should be said about this past weekend is that, despite the rain, it was very successful. There are two aspects that I would like to touch on in this post. The first is the … Continue reading
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House Divided Launch Reactions
The events this past weekend surrounding the House Divided Launch were all captivating and interesting in their own rights, but I was personally most excited by the Social Studies teacher information session. As a future Social Studies teacher, I was … Continue reading
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House Divided Launch Weekend
This weekend was the launch of the House Divided Project. One thing that stood out to me in particular was the tour at the courthouse. Though the weather was horrible, we were still able to get an abbreviated version of … Continue reading
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Reaction to the House Divided Weekend
This past weekend, I attended the various House Divided events and enjoyed the opportunity to participate in this historic experience that included the augmented reality tours, focus groups on the Washington Post Twitter Page and the lecture by David Blight. … Continue reading
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