A Primer for Teaching Digital History

“For many instructors, the thought of teaching ‘digital history methods’ conjures up the fear that because one doesn’t know how to program, one cannot teach ‘digital.’ Offering a remarkable array of principles, strategies, and digital assignment ideas while effectively explaining how to move from analog research methods and considerations to digital approaches, this book counters such fears.” - Erin Bush, Assistant Professor of US and Digital History, University of North Georgia

“A Primer for Teaching Digital History addresses a pressing need for a concise guide to digital history pedagogy. Jennifer Guiliano asks the reader to consider how teaching with digital technologies, tools, and approaches might transform the classroom into a site of student-centered knowledge production. Rather than offering a prescriptive plan, Guiliano presents ten design principles for teaching digital history that highlight various strategies and approaches. A Primer for Teaching Digital History provides an invaluable overview for educators who wish to incorporate digital history into their courses.” - Michelle Moravec, Associate Professor of American History and Women and Gender Studies, Rosemont College

"With the substantial role it has played in higher education since the onset of the pandemic, teaching with technology is an area in need of robust scholarship. For humanities faculty, A Primer for Teaching Digital History fills this gap with a well-organized and comprehensive guide to assignments, digital tools, and pedagogical approaches that assist with teaching not only history but also literature, art, music, and culture. Guiliano’s eminently practical guide is as valuable for experienced digital pedagogies as those just getting started." - Roopika Risam, Public Books

“Guiliano provides a creative, flexible, and comprehensive framework to guide digital history in the classroom. The digital resources linked throughout this book, most of them free, offer teachers and students multiple ways to immediately engage in the digital history methods the author describes and suggests. Teachers seeking to help their students understand their histories, communities, and the world around them will be well-served with this book as their guide.” - Alison Dobrick, Teachers College Record

"The book includes a comprehensive glossary and endnotes, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in history or digital storytelling, or those looking to refine their teaching practices. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals." - C. R. Hilburger, Choice

“A Primer for Teaching Digital History is an excellent resource both for people who are new to teaching digital history and for those who have been doing it for a while.”

"This book is an excellent resource for anyone teaching Digital History or interested in exploring the possibilities of digital tools and methods in history education. It has many references to (re)sources, methods, and suggestions on how these can be used in class. . . . It offers not only suggestions for introductory courses but also intermediate and advanced ones in which students have to select their own methods and tools." - C. Annemieke Romein, Journal for Digital Legal History

"The book offers a variety of approaches that historians can use to integrate the digital into their pedagogical practices, from introducing students to new forms of scholarly publishing or having them explore digital archives and collections to incorporating data analysis with complex computational models into their course design." - Maria José Afanador-Llach, The Public Historian

"A Primer for Teaching Digital History is an indispensable resource for educators who want to dip their toes into digital history as well as for those who have been doing laps in this pool for a while." - Juliette Levy, American Historical Review