Student Web Projects
American Studies Students & Their Work: Students in American Civilization I at Georgetown University, using the Heath Anthology primarily, have created group projects on William Byrd, Women, Gender and Social Roles in the Colonial and Revolutionary Period, Quakers in 18th Century America, Religion and Identity, Boundaries of Freedom, Boundaries of Mobility, Social Constraint and the Assertion of the Individual, King Philip's War, Bacon's Rebellion, Witchcraft in Salem. (Randy Bass, Georgetown University)
"The Gigantic Question" in Washington Irving's History of New York: An "edition" of the chapter in Irving's work that subjects European justification for taking Native American land to ridicule. The goal was to give students a taste of one kind of "real" work scholars do. Diversity of approach was encouraged so the site can be used as a teaching tool, spurring discussion in future classes on what is effective web design and what isn't. Done in an upperlevel English class, Spring 1999. (Edward J. Gallagher, Lehigh University)
Images of Native America: From Columbus to Carlisle: Teacher and students each chose an image, wrote a relatively short "encyclopedia-type" essay on it, and then did individual web pages that were joined together. This was "first contact" with web technology for everybody. There was no attempt to standardize the individual pieces, so the final product (completed 5/98) contains a variety of approaches to format, color, images, links, and so forth that should make the site itself useful as a teaching tool. (Edward J. Gallagher, Lehigh University)
Jesuit Plantation Project: Maryland's Jesuit Plantations, 1650-1838: This project involves the conversion of the Maryland Province Archive to an electronic format. The archive contains over 200 years of personal, legal, and financial documents produced by the six Jesuit-owned plantations in Maryland. As an electronic archive project, the Jesuit Plantation Project is fully integrated with the American Studies Core Curriculum at Georgetown University. The students and faculty work collaboratively on the ongoing development of this site. (Randy Bass, Georgetown University).
Reel American History: This project, begun Fall 1999, is still a draft, very much under construction. Students in successive semesters will gradually build an archive of information on films about American history. Among the films of interest to SEA members are Last of the Mohicans, Pocahontas, Cabeza de Vaca, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, I, The Worst of All, Plymouth Adventure, Black Robe, With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness, The Last Supper. (Edward J. Gallagher, Lehigh University)
Student Projects Archive: Students in a sophomore-level survey class have been doing web projects on early American topics, including The Contrast and Kelroy. The best projects are archived here. (David Curtis, Belmont University)