Adding Artifacts

For all of the sections described below, remember to click save at the bottom of the subtopic page when you are finished.

Interviews:

Review the transcripts from your Williamsburg/Jamestown interviews. Choose those questions/responses that you think are most interesting and provide valuable insights into the experience of your interviewee and your topic. These should be added to the “Interviews” subtopic page. Just click “edit” when you are on the interview page for your topic and and paste them in. Add your excerpts at the top of the page. Use the following convention when adding these artifacts:

Interviewer: Suzanne C. (2014)
Interviewee: Blacksmith

Question: What is the most difficult part of your job?
Response: Well, …

Photos:

If you have pictures that you took in Jamestown and/or Williamsburg that are specific to your topic, you can upload them to the “Photos” page for your topic. Just click edit and then click the “upload media” button. Add your pictures at the top of the page. Just place the cursor at the top of the page before uploading and inserting the image file. You may find it easier to if you click the “Text” tab when adding pictures (you’ll see the code instead of the actual image).

Notes:

Look over your NoodleTools notecards. Choose one or two note cards that you think represent your best work and added to the quality of your research paper. Copy and paste the text from your notecard(s) to the top of the”Notes” subtopic page for your topic. Use the following convention when adding each note:

Name:
Year:

Title of Notecard:
Source: (Use proper citation format)
Quote(s):

Quote 1

Additional quotes

Paraphrase:

My Ideas:

Analysis:

A good portion of your paper represents the synthesis of other historian’s thinking about your topic. This is an important part of the research process. However, some portions of your paper represent ideas and analysis that is original work (i.e., what you think the facts mean and/or insights that you have about the meaning of your topic and the experience of the people connected to your topic). Choose one or more sections from your paper that represent your original work (i.e., your contribution to the field) and add to the top of “Analysis” subtopic page for your topic. Please use the following convention when adding this material:

Title of Paper: The Colonial Blacksmith
Author: Matthew R.
Year: 2014

Excerpt 1 (in italics)

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Additional excerpts (in italics)

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A Day in the Life:

Here is a brief tutorial on how to add your “Day in the Life” piece to your topic page:

The Exhibit:

Here is a brief tutorial on how to add pictures of your exhibit to your topic page: