MATTHEW J. SPARACIO
DIGITAL HISTORY PROJECTS
SHARING HISTORY THROUGH DIGITAL HISTORY PROJECTS
Students in my classes work not only to learn about history, but consider the ways that narratives and archives are constructed and shared throughout local, regional, and national communities. Check out some of the recent digital history projects students have completed.
Photograph c/o Dan Hoke (2023)
Photograph by M.J. Sparacio (2024)
History of the U.S. and Georgia Infographics (Ongoing)
Mexican Revolution Projects (Spring 2021)
For the Spring 2021 History of Mexico course, students created digital exhibits examining major topics and themes related to the Mexican Revolution in 1910. Click on the gallery below to view some examples of student research, which included detailed analyses of the long history of land reforms in Mexico dating back to the latifundio system, the revolutionary leadership of Emiliano Zapata, and the Porfiriato.
Students enrolled in HIST 2110 at Georgia State spent several days working the GSU Special Collections and Archives reviewing materials pertinent to the local history of Atlanta, Georgia and with significant implications beyond. Students supplemented their archival research by drafting annotated bibliographies of their topics before creating infographics for the wider public. Exemplary projects can be found on the hist2110atgsu account on Instagram.
Latin American Independence Timelines (Spring 2023)
Students enrolled in HIST 4613 conducted a semester-long research project that required them to compile a timeline outlining a colonial Latin American independence movement of their own choosing. The overall project was divided into four different parts: a proposal and bibliography due very early in the semester, a primary source analysis related to the independence movement of student's choosing, an in-class presentation around Thanksgiving, and it culminated submitting a link to a website that presents the independence timeline for a wider audience. Students used Timeline from knightlab for these websites.
Fort Washita Rediscovery Project (Spring 2022)
This project was completed over the 2021-2022 academic year, with digital landscape rendering in the fall and substantial student research projects in the spring. It was a collaborative project with the Chickasaw Nation that highlighted the layered history of Fort Washita, a U.S. Army post that is nearby to the Southeastern OK State University campus in Durant. Explore the gallery below to see shots from within the V-R module that includes avatars, information "hot spots," and visual resources. The project is currently under the administration of the Chickasaw Nation. The Fort Washita Project was given the Bruce T. Fisher Award for the Best Oklahoma History Project completed in 2022. It was featured in this KTEN report.
Mexican Revolution Projects (Spring 2021)
For the Spring 2021 History of Mexico course, students created digital exhibits examining major topics and themes related to the Mexican Revolution in 1910. Click on the gallery below to view some examples of student research, which included detailed analyses of the long history of land reforms in Mexico dating back to the latifundio system, the revolutionary leadership of Emiliano Zapata, and the Porfiriato.
