A Primer for Teaching Digital History is a guide for college and high school teachers who are teaching digital history for the first time or for experienced teachers who want to reinvigorate their pedagogy. It can also serve those who are training future teachers to prepare their own syllabi, as well as teachers who want to incorporate digital history into their history courses. Offering design principles for approaching digital history that represent the possibilities that digital research and scholarship can take, Jennifer Guiliano outlines potential strategies and methods for building syllabi and curricula. Taking readers through the process of selecting data, identifying learning outcomes, and determining which tools students will use in the classroom, Guiliano outlines popular research methods including digital source criticism, text analysis, and visualization. She also discusses digital archives, exhibits, and collections as well as audiovisual and mixed-media narratives such as short documentaries, podcasts, and multimodal storytelling. Throughout, Guiliano illuminates how digital history can enhance understandings of not just what histories are told but how they are told and who has access to them.

About the Author
Jennifer Guiliano is Associate Professor of History at IUPUI and author of Indian Spectacle: College Mascots and the Anxiety of Modern America.

Reviews
"With the substantial role it has played in higher education since the onset of the pandemic, teaching with technology is an area in need of robust scholarship. For humanities faculty, A Primer for Teaching Digital History fills this gap with a well-organized and comprehensive guide to assignments, digital tools, and pedagogical approaches that assist with teaching not only history but also literature, art, music, and culture. Guiliano's eminently practical guide is as valuable for experienced digital pedagogies as those just getting started." -- Roopika Risam * Public Books *
"Guiliano provides a creative, flexible, and comprehensive framework to guide digital history in the classroom. The digital resources linked throughout this book, most of them free, offer teachers and students multiple ways to immediately engage in the digital history methods the author describes and suggests. Teachers seeking to help their students understand their histories, communities, and the world around them will be well-served with this book as their guide." -- Alison Dobrick * Teachers College Record *
"The book includes a comprehensive glossary and endnotes, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in history or digital storytelling, or those looking to refine their teaching practices. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals." -- C. R. Hilburger * Choice *

"A Primer for Teaching Digital History is an excellent resource both for people who are new to teaching digital history and for those who have been doing it for a while."

-- William J. Turkel * Historical Studies in Education *



Book Information
ISBN 9781478017684
Author Jennifer Guiliano
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 363g