In my undergrad #HistoryofMexico class @RutgersU this semester, I gave students the option to create digital timelines using @knightlab's TimelineJS. The results were innovative and inspiring! #twitterstorians #digitalhistory (1/
Students made creative use of digital source material & media on wide range of topics. I was impressed by their willingness to experiment with new formats. Sources incl. historical newspapers, docs from digital collections, archival photos, video, audio, oral histories, maps (2/
Why is a digital timeline assignment an effective #teaching tool? It prompted students to put different types of sources into conversation and to write succinctly while still engaging analytically. I pointed them to #digitalarchives but some also found their own sources. (3/
Check out this thread for a few examples of these experiments in digital history (shared w permission). These are first drafts created during a compressed and hectic semester, but I think they are pretty great! #historyofmexico (4/
One student traced the role of the Mexican corrido through Independence, the Revolution, the 1985 earthquake and into the present, analyzing archival recordings of popular corridos from the Frontera Collection @UCLA @UCLA_CSRC frontera.library.ucla.edu: bit.ly/2COC9QS (5/
Two others examined histories of education in Mexico from the Revolution to 1968: bit.ly/3eOrqEi & bit.ly/2AlqqbO (6/
This student told the "HERstories" of the Mexican Revolution, focusing on the understudied role of women and the soldaderas: bit.ly/3irD7Dc (7/
One student created a fascinating history of the Bracero Program using oral histories from @chnm's Bracero History Archive braceroarchive.org: bit.ly/3geeHLr (8/
Two students focused on the student movement of 1968 and the Tlatelolco Massacre after consulting the collections of @ccutlatelolco: bit.ly/31vOjIN & bit.ly/31xUhJo (9/
We devoted a lot of class time to discussing the 1985 earthquake, especially the lack of state response and the important role of civil society in the aftermath of disaster. So I was not surprised when several students did projects about 1985: bit.ly/2VvMmrS (10/
Perhaps the most innovative project was by a student who interviewed a relative who grew up speaking Mazatec in Oaxaca. He presented this oral history alongside research on indigenous languages in Mexico, family photos & other digital sources: bit.ly/38e66FC (11/
And last but not least, a multimedia history of the Zapatistas: bit.ly/2ZhxI8I (12/
All in all, this was a rewarding #digitalhistory #teachingandlearning experiment, one I hope to try again with future classes. Thank you to all mentioned for these wonderful digital history resources. And many thanks to @RAKarl for the assignment inspiration! (13/
