Projects
This page provides a curated directory of step-by-step methodological walkthroughs, open-source project guides, and analytical workflows for studying World History through concrete deliverables. Rather than following abstract academic exercises, learners can select an artifact to construct—such as an interactive spatial map, a digital primary-source archive, or an oral history collection—and apply historical methods through hands-on practice.
Build an Interactive Historical Timeline
Map Spatial and Geographic History
- StoryMapJS: Telling Stories with Maps (Knight Lab, Northwestern University)
- Displaying a Georeferenced Map in KnightLab's StoryMap JS (The Programming Historian)
- Geocoding Historical Data using QGIS (The Programming Historian)
- Georeferencing in QGIS 2.0 (The Programming Historian)
Curate a Digital Archive or Online Exhibit
- Up and Running with Omeka.net (The Programming Historian)
- Creating an Omeka Exhibit (The Programming Historian)
Analyze a Historical Text Corpus
- Corpus Analysis with Voyant Tools (The Programming Historian)
- Corpus Analysis with AntConc (The Programming Historian)
Conduct and Archive an Oral History Project
- Oral History Best Practices and Core Principles (Oral History Association)
- The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide (Smithsonian Institution)
- Archiving Oral History: Manual of Best Practices (Oral History Association)
Write a Historiographical Review Essay
- Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students (Patrick Rael, Bowdoin College)
- A Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper (Harvard College Writing Center)