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Virtual Global
The class will be
divided up into groups of three or four.
Each group will be responsible for creating one exhibition for our class’s Virtual Global History museum. You will be given an opportunity to sign up for a group on our Woodle site. (See the list of exhibition items below.)
All of the items concern either the domestication of animals and plants or the spread of tools or other types of man-made items before 1000 CE.
Each group will have to talk about the origin of its item, the importance of the item for early cultures and civilizations, when and how it spread from the initial culture (or cultures) in which it was first introduced to other cultures and civilizations, and its impact on the culture and environment in the societies that adopted it.
The groups should
address the following issues and questions:
Elements and phases
of the assignment:
1. Each group will have to use Zotero, a bibliography application, to collect and store an annotated bibliography on its subject and an annotated collection of images. The entries, images and annotations will be shared with the class using the shared bibliography feature of Zotero.
a. Each group should find at least 12 scholarly bibliographic items, of which no more than six should be websites.
b. Each group should find at least 12 open source images to illustrate the item, its spread, and its impact in different cultures.
c. Each bibliographic entry and image should include at least two paragraphs of annotations that explain the entry and the way it sheds light on the issues and questions enumerated above.
d. Each bibliographic entry and image should be properly and fully annotated.
2. Each group will create a digital map that shows (spatially) the origins and spread of their item. The map should be illustrated and the illustrations should include annotation and documentation.
3. Each group will create a digital timeline that illustrates the same process as illustrated in the digital but does so temporally (chronologically) rather than spatially. The timeline should include images and commentary.
4. Each group will create a concept map of its exhibition.
5. Each group shall create text to introduce their exhibition, examine the key issues and questions raised above, to explain the map, timeline and individual images. The text should also offer conclusions.
6. One member of each group will be selected by the group to help the group think through the design of its exhibition and enter its work on our digital museum using Omeka exhibition software. This person will receive extra-credit of the equivalent of one major assignment for this work.
Exhibitions
Items:
The domestication of grains: wheat, rice, maize (include beans and squash with Maize)
The domestication of animals: camels, cows, dogs, pigs, horses
Tools: chariot, wheel, plough (various types), water mill, textiles (group will pick one or two textiles
Deadlines:
