Archives

ArchiveGrid I was really excited about this assignment! I use the National Archives website and the Library of Congress website all of the time in class. My history classes compete in the National History Day competition and the projects are based on primary sources so archive sites are great for doing this kind of research. So, what did I find out about Sitting Bull: not much. It was pretty basic information. And I was more stuck on the fact that ArchiveGrid had misspelled Sitting Bull’s band name. Why can’t I see a picture of this autograph card? (The page does say that the card is digitized.) Why doesn’t it tell me what an autograph card is? Why is it that if I search so specifically for an “autograph card” I, instead, get a brief biography on Sitting Bull? On my own search, I looked up Sitting Bull. I wanted to see what would come up when I wasn’t searching so specifically. I was pleased to learn that the second thing to come up was that Sitting Bull Autograph card. I found a letter to Harold G. Rugg that mentions Sitting Bull and the Indian Wars. When I clicked on the Dartmouth link I was told I did not have access to the page. I don’t think this proved as useful as I was hoping. CAMIO In my search of “Paul Revere” I was surprised to find so many things created by him. There were paintings, a teaspoon, and a sugar bowl. Next I searched the term “Sioux.” I really liked the variety of artifacts that were turned up. There was a lot of clothing, drawings, and pipes. I liked that the museum where the artwork is displayed was listed. I also thought there was a good number (63 results!) of artifacts turned up in this search. Then, I searched for “Van Gogh.” I clicked on a painting and was given a lot of good information. I noticed that the words I searched by were highlighted in red. (Even the “van” in Pennsylvania was highlighted red.) When you click on the portrait you get the medium, the location of the painting (you could also see this on the first page), and you may even see the location where it was painted. One thing that I did notice was that there are no foreign museums on this list. While I did have over 40 artworks to choose from I did not have some of his most famous works on the list that are in foreign museums. I think I would use this in my class to research artists or to show how available these works are. The things I have looked up on CAMIO are available to see in cities they may visit in the future. It’s nice that you could make a slideshow right on the CAMIO website. ~Common Core~ 11-12.RH.6 Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence. I think that I would use this in my US history classroom to compare written primary sources and visual primary sources. When I searched “Gettysburg” I turned up several paintings and even photographs. I think that I would have students search CAMIO for an image that proves and/or is contrary to the image that was projected from our readings.