"Spatial" Websites
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Multimedia history of Pearl Harbor attack.
Montichello Explorer
A 3D rendition of Thomas Jefferson's plantation.
Theban Mapping Project
An interactive map of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt that presents research from several ongoing archaeological studies.
Yin Yu Tang, A Chinese House
An interactive portrait of a late Qing dynasty merchant house.
The Sonic Memorial Project
Archive of oral histories that includes a "spatial" browser for audio.
Hypertext and Historical Scholarship
From Hogan's Alley to Coconino County: Four Narratives of the Early Comic Strip
Article published in American Quarterly in 1999.
The Difference Slavery Made: A Close Analysis of Two American Communities
Article published in the American Historical Review in 2003.
The Unmaking of Markets
Article published in online journal Vectors in 2005.
Website Review
Website Review Guidelines from the Journal of American History.
Use these as general guidelines for your review (ignore the parts that pertain specifically to JAH review format). You can review the following types of websites (including, but not confined to, examples that follow):
Archives, such as one of the collections at the McCord Museum in Montreal or American Memory at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Virtual Exhibits, such as The Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704 from the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and the Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, Mass.
Digital Scholarship, such as Imaging the French Revolution: Depictions of the French Revolutionary Crowd, an article published in the American Historical Review in 2005.
To find websites on a topic of your choice, you can browse website annotations at World History Matters and History Matters. You may also use Google to find a historical website, but make sure to choose an online resource of good quality.
Further Resources
Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web
A practical guide to digital history.
Second Story Studio
A major multimedia producer of historical sites.