@DigitalHistUMBC

Center for Digital History & Education at UMBC

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TOMORROW! Join us for the #ArchivesBlackHistory edition of the #ArchivesHashtagParty! Hosted by @NMAAHC and @USNatArchives, cultural institutions across the country will share favorites from their African American archives to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth.
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The Society of Women Engineers recently shared a trove of rejection letters to women engineers #dh ow.ly/i4F930bZrhx
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A Doctorate was awarded for the first #digital dissertation at George Mason University #dh ow.ly/PTqY30bZre5
More #digitalhistory from UMBC Grad students! xitter.cf/ddmeringolo/status/866…
Denise D. Meringolo@DDMeringolo23 May 2017
Grad student Zachary Utz explores injustice and development in Baltimore @umbc @TimelineJS @DigitalHistUMBC bit.ly/2qJ6zM0
#digitalhistory from a UMBC History Graduate student! xitter.cf/ddmeringolo/status/866…
Denise D. Meringolo@DDMeringolo22 May 2017
UMBC Public History Graduate Student, Tucker Foltz, experimenting with @Historypin bit.ly/2q9brHL @DigitalHistUMBC
Fascinating ancient migration studies! ow.ly/7vIv30bTRLH
History undergrad Debbie Farthing used @omeka for her senior honors thesis. Take a look: MPK.Omeka.net @UMBC @DigitalHistUMBC
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The Indian Removal Act is on display at the National Archives for the first time #USHistory ow.ly/nUmn30bTRkM

The Indian Removal Act Is on View at the National Archives for the First Time

Visitors can read the handwritten 1830 act that was signed by Andrew Jackson and led to the forced removal of indigenous tribes across the United States.

hyperallergic.com
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Quite the discovery was made at the University of Mississippi Medical Center from when the land housed an asylum ow.ly/x0yI30bIqRj
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Did you know Google partners with archives? Check out this #onlineexhibit on the Atlantic slave trade #dh ow.ly/R8AB30bIqKk

Into the triangle trade - Google Arts & Culture

A history of human trafficking, pursuit of profit and distressing archival documents from the collections of the Zeeland Archives

artsandculture.google.com
#OTD in 1954 the Brown v. Board of Ed. decision was made. Discuss it in middle/high school classes w/ a #lessonplan ow.ly/Xd7u30bk6bT
"Harvard Releases Earliest Recording of John F. Kennedy, a Politician in the Making" nyti.ms/2q5SNmT

Harvard Releases Earliest Recording of John F. Kennedy, a Politician in the Making (Published 2017)

The university released the earliest known recording of Kennedy this week, from an English class he was taking when he was 20.

nytimes.com
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Did you know there's a master list of the #lessonplans tweeted from this account? It's even divided by time period! ow.ly/A4bB30bzlDf
Experts are pointing to the parallels between the Chinese Exclusion Act and travel bans today #twitterstorians ow.ly/9mYK30bzkwf
Great video on why school choice doesn't work out ow.ly/Zmsj30bzjk9

Can School Integration Make a Comeback?

The U.S. government is currently placing the burden of desegregation on parents. Here's why that may not work.

theatlantic.com
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The AHA argues that teachers need new ways to teach history. What do you think? #sseducation #education ow.ly/PQH630bzfc3

May 2017 – AHA

historians.org
This awesome database lets visitors search and analyze info on nearly 36,000 slave voyages from 1514 to 1866 #dh ow.ly/Zzh730bnyEp

A digital archive of slave voyages details the largest forced migration in history

An online database explores the nearly 36,000 slave voyages that occurred between 1514 and 1866.

theconversation.com
A former park ranger collected and released 1,474 high-res national park maps, absolutely free to download #dh ow.ly/6AE230bmIxt

National Park Maps 🗺️ | NPMaps.com

Explore the web's largest collection of U.S. national park maps with 2,628 official brochures, trail maps, and PDFs for national parks.

npmaps.com
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Girls already have gendered beliefs about intelligence at a very young age and it holds them back #education ow.ly/vV1x30bmHYj

6-Year-Old Girls Already Have Gendered Beliefs About Intelligence

They’re more likely to avoid games meant for “really, really smart” children.

theatlantic.com
Understanding the #SyrianCivilWar can be difficult--this video breaks it down. #digitalhistory ow.ly/6eDz30bk8AK
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