{"id":2706,"date":"2019-12-13T11:08:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T11:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2019-12-16T18:49:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T18:49:01","slug":"final-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/final\/final-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This semester I learned a lot. I was able to learn about aspects of the New Deal that I hadn\u2019t covered in my own studies. I was a bit on the fence about the integration of certain aspects of information technology and historical study, (specifically when we learned about glitching<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>) but I\u2019m glad to say that I understand the possible functions of all the skills we learned. I became very interested in what I feel is an underrepresented group in discussions about the Great Depression, and decided that I would do my final project on women and how their positions within society changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSomething that I hadn\u2019t heard before were statistics for female employment during the Depression, and how they changed. 10.5million women were in the workforce in 1930, and that number rose 24% to 13million by the time World War II began. 15% of married women were employed, and 50% of single women were working. In order to show all of these wonderful accomplishments (and a few disappointments), I chose to use image annotation, image glitching, and timeline creation for my project. I used image annotation because I\u2019m a visual learner, and I find that it\u2019s often easier for me to learn and focus when there are images present. It also gives you a sort of \u2018hands-on\u2019 way to view information attached to photos<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tI chose image glitching because it was the skill I struggled with the most. I honestly didn\u2019t see how it could be useful when we first discussed it in class. However, I\u2019m glad to say that I do understand the purpose now. It literally forces you to look at images from a different perspective, and introduces new ideas in your mind. Glitching is also completely random, so you can\u2019t manipulate it to prove your point. I found it to be an interesting way to look at images of working women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFinally, I chose to create a timeline because it was the best way to show the changes within the government and within society in a linear way. I think over the course of the semester, the timeline tools were my favorite. Using the timelines to study the ex-slave narratives was extremely helpful, and it was extremely raw at the same time<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. Listening to casual conversation about a period of time that is still so painful, but they\u2019re almost relaxed about, and reducing it to a timeline is incredibly intense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found myself confronting the way that I consumed information on the internet as well. The presentation in class about fact-checking resources was extremely interesting. I\u2019ve always been very careful about the sources I use, but after I learned about Professor Kelly<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and his class that centered around building a fake Wikipedia page, and story to go along with it, I’ve been nervous. I\u2019ve not cited Wikipedia in academic papers for a long time, (probably since elementary school) but I have used it as a resource in casual research before. I\u2019ll definitely double check everything I read on there from now on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I learned a lot in this class. I\u2019m a history major, and the 1930\u2019s was my main interest for a long time. I was mostly focused on the Dust Bowl, so learning about other aspects of it was incredibly interesting. I learned a lot of digital skills that I hope to use in my studies in the future, and I had a really wonderful experience learning about the different cultural projects introduced in the New Deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the link to my final project: http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/cnd\/exhibits\/show\/the-working-women-of-the-1930-<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This semester I learned a lot. I was able to learn about aspects of the New Deal that I hadn\u2019t covered in my own studies. I was a bit on the fence about the integration of certain aspects of information technology and historical study, (specifically when we learned about glitching) but I\u2019m glad to say … Continue reading “Final Project”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-final"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706","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\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2706"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2724,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}