Assignment

Ohio Memory Scrapbook

Date

March 17, 2007

Description

The Ohio Memory Project is an online scrapbook of Ohio history, consisting of over 23,000 digitized images of primary sources held by archives, libraries, museums, and historical societies throughout Ohio. By the due date for this assignment, everyone will have seen a presentation on Ohio Memory at their Research Workshop.

For this assignment, participants will select a minimum of 10 items about one of the HANDS ON HISTORY core themes. For each of these items, create a note explaining why the item relates to the core theme and an explanation of how you would use the item in class to illustrate a topic under the core theme. Remember to cite the Ohio Academic Content Standard that the item addresses.

To create an online scrapbook, click here, then:

• Create a username and password
• Select your scrapbook style and font
• Make sure that the "yes" button is activated for "do you wish to be provided with a website address that you can give to others so that they can see your scrapbook."

You may search or browse to find items. When you have selected an item, click "save to my scrapbook" on the top of the item's entry.

To view your entire scrapbook, click on "My Scrapbook" at the top right of the screen.

To add a note, click on "add note" to the right of each item.

Please email the Project Director the URL for your scrapbook by 8 am on Saturday March 17. The Project Director will compile the list of website addresses for the group, so that you may look at each other's scrapbooks.