In this first week of class, I\u2019ve come to realize how little\nI know about such an influential time period in American history. While I\nobviously learned briefly about the Great Depression in school, it never struck\nme as something that bears much relevance in American life today. Unbeknownst\nto me, a lot of the policies and programs that are commonplace in our\ngovernment today were created as a result of and in response to the problems\nfacing the nation during this time period. At the time, programs like the Social\nSecurity Act effectively mitigated poverty for the unemployed and those soon to\nretire. Today, it\u2019s something somewhat expected and, despite some efforts to\ndiscontinue the program, has helped provide benefits to many who face similar\nproblems to those experienced during a period of grievous financial suffering. I\nhope to learn more throughout the semester about the effects that major changes\nlike this have on our nation today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also hope to expand\nmy understanding of the various methods by which digital history is shared and made\naccessible. It has been interesting to learn already how technology allows us\nto share information in so many ways other than just listing it textbook style.\nAlready we have begun to analyze different types of projects that share digital\nhistory via media and video. This has shown me how useful digital history is\nalready, and how easily we have come across it and not realized it, taking it\nfor granted. Different digital projects allow the virtually endless possibilities\nof making information accessible at an unprecedented availability, while allowing\nthe viewer much more ease and interaction than simply reading a book. I expect\nwe will learn a lot more about how to utilize and evaluate these resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This process begins with analyzing \u201cApartheid Heritage,\u201d a domain\nwhere one can view a searchable and categorized list of links to resources on\nthe history of Apartheid in South Africa. The categories include, \u201cNelson Mandela,\u201d\n\u201cHistory Mandela Nelson,\u201d \u201cNelson,\u201d \u201cMandela,\u201d and \u201cHistory.\u201d The project\nallows those looking for information on Apartheid History to easily find\nreliable resources on the topic. The creator has collected these sources, organized\nand categorized them, and made them both web accessible and searchable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dana Cochran et al., \u201cThe Great Depression,\u201d Matthew Downs,\ned., in The American Yawp, eds. Joseph Locke and Ben Wright (Stanford, CA:\nStanford University Press, 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apartheid Heritage.<\/em> http:\/\/apartheidheritages.org\/<\/a>\nRetrieved from URL. Accessed August 28th<\/sup>, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this first week of class, I\u2019ve come to realize how little I know about such an influential time period in American history. While I obviously learned briefly about the Great Depression in school, it never struck me as something that bears much relevance in American life today. Unbeknownst to me, a lot of the … Continue reading “Blog Post #1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dighist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}