Short Description:
This assignment leads students through an analysis of media coverage of the 1965 Watts uprising. The intention is for students to learn more about the uprising and how a database can be used as a digital humanities tool.
Learning Outcomes:
Students will learn how to use databases to conduct an analysis of newspapers.
Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated):
This assignment was given out as one of many exercises that introduced students to digital tools and digital humanities methods.
Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.):
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