Week 1: Why Study Digital Military History + American Revolution

Welcome! This week we’re going to be getting to know each other a little bit, talking about the course, and then jumping right in to talk about antebellum military history.

Before class

Complete the access to technology survey.

Read Joanne Freeman, “I’m a Historian. I See the Contingency of This Moment,” The Atlantic, August 17, 2020.

Watch The Battle of Saratoga Fiber Optic Map Presentation.

Look at “Washington’s World” from Mount Vernon.

Watch “American Revolution,” CBS Sunday Morning, June 30, 2019

Read Brown, Marvin L., and Marta Huth. “Saratoga.” In Baroness von Riedesel and the American Revolution, 47–67. University of North Carolina Press, 1965. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807839539_brown.15.

Listen to Sneff, Emily. “Episode 208: Nathaniel Philbrick, Turning Points of the American Revolution.” Ben Franklin’s World.

In class

  • Getting to know you
  • Establishing a code of conduct for synchronous discussion
  • Signing up for discussion leader slots
  • Talking about why we do digital military history
  • Talking about Saratoga

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