Public History in the Wild
Publication Date
7-21-2021
LCSH Subject
Public History -- Study and teaching, Educational planning
Description
As directors of public history programs, we rarely have the opportunity to teach full digital history courses to undergraduates. But our inner digital historians will not be silenced, so we each infused our Introduction to Public History courses with digital skills, particularly through an assignment we call (insert best announcer voice) “Public History in the Wild.” PH Wild asks students to view the world around them like one big public history canvas and then write about it as a public historian in training.
Document Type
Article
Format
External Website
Size or Duration
1 webpage
Digital Publisher
Perspectives on History
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Date accessioned
August 18, 2026
Recommended Citation
Wingo, Rebecca, and Lindsey Passenger Wieck. “Public History in the Wild .” Perspectives on History , July 26, 2021. https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/public-history-in-the-wild-a-syllabus-swap-that-brings-digital-history-into-public-history-classrooms/.