{"id":300,"date":"2007-03-23T12:22:18","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T17:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/2007\/03\/23\/digital-history-reader\/"},"modified":"2007-03-23T12:22:18","modified_gmt":"2007-03-23T17:22:18","slug":"digital-history-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/2007\/03\/23\/digital-history-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital History Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dhr.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/files\/2007\/03\/dhr.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"131\" align=\"right\" \/><br \/>\nDigital History Reader: Teaching Resources for European and United<br \/>\nStates History<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhr.history.vt.edu\">http:\/\/www.dhr.history.vt.edu<\/a><br \/>\nThe Digital History Reader is a free, online set of resources for<br \/>\nteaching university courses in United States and modern European<br \/>\nhistory. These materials are available online: www.dhr.history.vt.edu.<br \/>\nThe eighteen modules in the Digital History Reader address critical<br \/>\nquestions appropriate for survey courses and advanced analysis in United<br \/>\nStates and European history. An introductory module, \u201cHow to Use the<br \/>\nDHR,\u201d provides instructors and students with an overview of module<br \/>\nstructure as well as suggestions in how to approach each section. The<br \/>\nindividual modules all follow a standard structure. A short Introduction<br \/>\ndefines the historical question for the students to consider throughout<br \/>\nthe module. The Context section contains an approximately 2,000-word<br \/>\nnarrative that provides the historical background necessary for the<br \/>\nstudents to understand the central question and to be able to place the<br \/>\nprimary documents within a larger framework. The Evidence section is the<br \/>\nheart of the module; it includes a broad range of primary source<br \/>\nmaterials, including texts, photographs, political cartoons, posters,<br \/>\nsongs, video clips, and recorded speeches, that allow the student to<br \/>\nexplore possible answers to the initial historical question. After<br \/>\nstudents complete the evidence section, the Assignment section allows<br \/>\nstudents to gauge their own comprehension with a self-test and offers<br \/>\nsuggestions for written and in-class exercises. The Conclusion returns<br \/>\nto the central question and asks students to consider the larger<br \/>\nhistorical significance of the evidence they have contemplated. Finally,<br \/>\nthe Resource section lists published and online sources that allow<br \/>\nstudents to further explore the topic. All DHR materials are available<br \/>\nfor free, and are fully contained with this website, hosted by the<br \/>\nVirginia Tech Department of History. Faculty contributors are Tom Ewing<br \/>\n(Project Director), Robert Stephens, Marian Mollin, David Hicks, Amy<br \/>\nNelson, Hayward \u201cWoody\u201d Farrar, Kathleen Jones, Mark Barrow, Daniel<br \/>\nThorp, C. Edward Watson, and Jane Lehr. For more information about the<br \/>\nmodules, see the \u201cAbout DHR\u201d page: www.dhr.history.vt.edu\/about.html.<br \/>\nQuestions may be directed to the Project Director, Tom Ewing, email:<br \/>\ndhr@vt.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital History Reader: Teaching Resources for European and United States History http:\/\/www.dhr.history.vt.edu The Digital History Reader is a free, online set of resources for teaching university courses in United States and modern European history. 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