Twitter is the latest craze on the internet and its reach already extends across countless aspects of society, from news reports to celebrity gossip. It is only natural that the 140-character phenomenon would extend into the historical realm with TwHistory.
TwHistory is using the Twitter niche to tell history’s stories in a new and interesting way. As a tool, the team behind TwHistory argues that Twitter can be used to tell individual stories in a day-by-day format. Their current project is the Battle of Gettysburg and individuals currently “tweeting” include Abraham Lincoln, George Meade, and Edward P. Alexander. TwHistory is still a work in progress and is always looking for more volunteers.
A free Twitter account is required to view TwHistory’s publications and while you are at it don’t forget to use the service to follow the House Divided project.
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So how useful realistically has anyone found TwHistory to be with high school students? How have you used it specifically? How about the technology used and the access to it?
This site has many amazing resources to make this era much more interesting to my students. One criticism: the organization of people by birthday on the main page is not very useful. A better organizing principle would be to have important or interesting events on the day they occurred.
TwHistory is something that looks very promising and I intend to try it in my computer lab.
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