- Women’s History Course
- Life of students in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s,
- Site: 1930s — http://mwc1930s.umwblogs.org/
- They looked into academics and social life
- Site: 1930s — http://mwc1930s.umwblogs.org/
- Site: 1940s — http://mwc1940s.umwblogs.org/
- Dealt with the issues of WWII and veterans
- Slide show of images from the decade —http://mwc1940s.umwblogs.org/2012/03/15/mwc-to-umw-photographs-from-then-now/
- Site: 1950s — http://mwc1950s.umwblogs.org/
- Sophisticated site designed by the students
- Show Academics and Social Life
- Site: 1960s — http://mwc1960.umwblogs.org/
- Agree to the Honor Pledge before you enter the site
- Lots of interviews with alums from this decade —http://mwc1960.umwblogs.org/hear-what-our-students-have-to-say/
- Underground newspaper — http://motherofthefather.umwblogs.org/
- Ultimately, we voted on recreating a classroom session from the 1950s –http://hist328.umwblogs.org/2012/04/26/part-of-our-classroom-re-creation/
- Life of students in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s,
- History of the Information Age Course
- Class Timeline — http://infoagetimeline.umwblogs.org/
- Project Assignments — http://infoage.umwblogs.org/project-assignments/
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- Create an infographic with information about an early system of communication (with sources, posted)
- Advertisements in the style of the 1930s-1960s
- Tupperware Print Ad – http://infoage.umwblogs.org/2011/10/24/post-war-woman-and-the-spread-of-information/
- Weight-gain Print Ad – http://infoage.umwblogs.org/2011/10/24/gain-flesh-gain-the-girl/ Further explanation of the group’s research and approach, some technical discussion, and photo issues.
- Wurlitzer Jukebox meets the Hipster Print Ad – http://infoage.umwblogs.org/2011/10/23/advertisement-project-the-wurlitzer-jukebox/
- Discussion of advertising research
- Group Assignment to make a documentary (5-10 minutes) on topic from Digital Age
- Adventures in Digital History
- Digital History Class — http://digitalhistory.umwblogs.org/ (2008),http://dh2010.umwblogs.org (2010), & http://dh2012.umwblogs.org/
- 2008 Projects
- Historical Markers — http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/
- Farmer Project — http://jamesfarmer.umwblogs.org/
- Introductory video — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YJXFKjzHLg
- Alumni Project — http://projects.umwhistory.org/alumni/
- 2010 Projects
- UMW Images through the Ages – http://projects.umwhistory.org/images/
- Civil War Fredericksburg — http://projects.umwhistory.org/cwh/
- Exhibits – http://projects.umwhistory.org/cwh/exhibits
- Fredericksburg as a Hospital —http://projects.umwhistory.org/cwh/exhibits/show/fredericksburg-as-a-hospital/period-medicine
- Clickable Map with images and links to more details —http://projects.umwhistory.org/cwh/maps
- James Monroe Papers — http://projects.umwhistory.org/jmp/
- Letters to Two Secretaries of State —http://projects.umwhistory.org/jmp/exhibits
- Map — http://umwhistory.org/projects/jmp/europe-map
- Tags — http://umwhistory.org/projects/jmp/items/tags
- Life and Legacy of Mary Ball Washington —http://maryballwash.umwblogs.org/
- 2012 class projects
- James Farmer interviews (2012) — http://jamesfarmerlectures.umwblogs.org
- History of the buildings on campus (2012) — http://buildings.umwblogs.org/
- Political Cartoon site — from the James Monroe Museum collections —http://jmpolitoons.umwhistory.org/