Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog
Prof. Evans' list of suggested sites show a wide range of possible blog uses and forms. Not all are up to date, or active, and they reflect the challenges of maintaining a current and interesting blog.
Civil War Memory looks like it is well maintained and the blogger puts a lot of thought into the site. He is also using it as a professional tool, which is smart.
War Historian looks interesting, but its last post was in July 2016. It has an interesting post from June 2016 sharing the blogger's earlier article, "Why Military History Sucks." As an amateur military historian, it gives a good look at issues in the field.
Boundary Stones looks like a useful reference for DC history, but it is hard to read due to its graphics and text coloring.
The History Blog is updated and has a wide range of topics. The 26 AUG 2017 post on the damaged coffin is funny and sad at the same time.
Women of History offers biographies of women throughout history. I've tried to read more female authors in the past few years, and it would do me well to read more women's history too.
I couldn't get the following blogs to load: VA Historical Society and WW II History.
I found a few additional blogs of interest:
1. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog. O Say Can You See? The American History Museum blog from the Smithsonian. It contains a variety of posts about exhibits and shows images.
2. http://outofbattle.blogspot.com/. Out of Battle. This site contains stories, articles, photos of WW1. It seems more like a website than a blog.
3. https://www.navalhistory.org/ Naval History Blog. Blog from the US Naval Institute.
I created a Twitter account (behind the times) and just signed up for historian Victor Davis Hanson and journalist/writer/blogger/historian Tom Ricks. I need to look through my bookshelf and find some recent historians to follow. I found Thucydides on Twitter, but not sure it is really him. I've read several books by Hanson, and his classics focus often helps inform modern events. Tom Ricks wrote some recent histories of American generalship in WW2, and about George Orwell and Winston Churchill.
Civil War Memory looks like it is well maintained and the blogger puts a lot of thought into the site. He is also using it as a professional tool, which is smart.
War Historian looks interesting, but its last post was in July 2016. It has an interesting post from June 2016 sharing the blogger's earlier article, "Why Military History Sucks." As an amateur military historian, it gives a good look at issues in the field.
Boundary Stones looks like a useful reference for DC history, but it is hard to read due to its graphics and text coloring.
The History Blog is updated and has a wide range of topics. The 26 AUG 2017 post on the damaged coffin is funny and sad at the same time.
Women of History offers biographies of women throughout history. I've tried to read more female authors in the past few years, and it would do me well to read more women's history too.
I couldn't get the following blogs to load: VA Historical Society and WW II History.
I found a few additional blogs of interest:
1. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog. O Say Can You See? The American History Museum blog from the Smithsonian. It contains a variety of posts about exhibits and shows images.
2. http://outofbattle.blogspot.com/. Out of Battle. This site contains stories, articles, photos of WW1. It seems more like a website than a blog.
3. https://www.navalhistory.org/ Naval History Blog. Blog from the US Naval Institute.
I created a Twitter account (behind the times) and just signed up for historian Victor Davis Hanson and journalist/writer/blogger/historian Tom Ricks. I need to look through my bookshelf and find some recent historians to follow. I found Thucydides on Twitter, but not sure it is really him. I've read several books by Hanson, and his classics focus often helps inform modern events. Tom Ricks wrote some recent histories of American generalship in WW2, and about George Orwell and Winston Churchill.
On twitter, you might have better luck following organizations, such as some of the different digital centers. I've found that some people are very active on twitter, while others barely use it; same with Facebook, etc. There are jut different conduits for connecting to your audience.
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