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Final Reflection
I believe that this class has helped me a lot in terms of gathering research skills. It taught me how to properly cite sources, and about licenses, so I do not get hit with a copyright-related legal case. I was pretty inept at data gathering at the start of the course, and throughout, I grew…
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Looking myself up online
I started by looking up (“david adkins” fairfax.), Funnily enough, a lawyer posting for my father was the second result for this. I continued with different variations of my name with different identifying characteristics. These efforts failed, and I did not find anything. Until, I remembered that I had attended a Monopoly tournament a few…
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A day in a Hidden Life: A Twine Narrative
My story was about a small Jewish child separated from their family and placed into the care of a family friend, a old man called Old Hans. I found a narrative to be of a much smaller scale than a historical essay. You go over a singular topic in much more detail than a historical…
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Game Review
Europa Universalis IV is a grand strategy game taking place from the 1400’s to the early 1800’s You can control a wide variety of nations, and interact with your neighbors in various ways. Some historical events are represented in the game. For instance, when you are playing as Aragon or Castile, you can take certain…
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My Podcast
My podcast’s title is The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and its Rise and Fall. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the largest Jewish rebellion against the Nazis, and is important because their valor in defending their community disproved the antisemitic stereotypes that the Nazis believed in. It started in April 1943 when it was announced that the…
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Alt Text
Alt text is very important for website accessibility. Millions of people worldwide have vision problems, and alt text on images allows them to percieve and enjoy websites the same way sighted people do, via a screen reader. Unfortunately, many websites today do not have alt text on images, preventing people with vision problems from knowing…
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Digital Harlem and the Difficulties of Digital Mapping
One of the main challenges Dr. Robertson faced when creating his Digital Harlem project was imprecise historical scholarship. He mentions that the majority of historical scholars do not list a complete address, or explain how that place is related to other places. He overcame this obstacle by using many geospacial tools, which are capable of…
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A timeline of modern German antisemitism.
For my timeline, I researched modern German antisemitism. I chose the perspective of listing antisemitic actions the Germans took, and actions that enabled antisemitism. I listed the publication of antisemitic writings such as Der Sturmer and Mein Kampf, as they help to spread antisemitism. I also wrote about the laws that either enabled antisemitism, such…
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The Google N-gram for the term “antisemitism”
The N-gram did not show any results until 1867. It had a small increase during the 1890’s, then gradually decreased until the 1930’s, when it spiked massively. It remained high until 1948, when it then took a dip. The decline continued until 1960, when it increases, then plateaus until the 1980’s, when it massively shoots…
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My 5 primary sources for the antisemitism project.
I chose to select some older primary sources. Instead of hyperfocusing on the antisemitism of the Nazis, I want to ask how we got to that point. I focused on expulsion decrees and the writings of influential people to examine the culture of the medieval era. I think doing that will help me see the…