Delbarton Digital History Project

Welcome to the Delbarton Digital History Project! This blogsite is an attempt to create a digital space where students in Delbarton's Department of History share their voice on various movements, ideas, people, and places of human history.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Coming Soon!

Students are working to create posts based on the theme, Nation, Nationalism, and Concepts of Citizenship; Literature and Propaganda in WWI. Part of the first blog project of the Delbarton Digital History Project, students are reading All Quiet on the Western Front and researching primary source images and text to understand the workings of a society and culture during the time of war. Stay tuned for more!

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What is Digital History?


"Digital history is an approach to examining and representing the past that takes advantage of new communication technologies such as computers and the Web. It draws on essential features of the digital realm, such as databases, hypertextualization, and networks, to create and share historical knowledge.
Digital history complements other forms of history—indeed, it draws its strength and methodological rigor from this age-old form of human understanding while using the latest technology." (From Center for History and New Media, www.chnm.gmu.edu)

What is the Delbarton Digital History Project?

The purpose of this project is to allow Delbarton students to contribute scholarly writing in a visual and digital format. We hope to establish a functioning digital classroom--where students may read and respond to analytical writing and research of their peers as well as their instructors; where they may also read, interpret and critique images and documents considered as primary sources. It is the goal of the Delbarton Digital History Project to engage our school community in meaningful dialogue about important cultural-historic issues.We hope you find this digital experience both insightful and enjoyable!