The Projector

Amusements & Useful Devices from K. A. Wisniewski

The “Other” Residents of Jamestown

In the last post, I noted two trends in my American History survey classes: (1)  Students arrive to the class unaware of what was once popular narratives in the story … Continue reading

March 21, 2019 · Leave a comment

Required Readings Visualized: Early American Word Clouds

In the previous post, I shared a list of free, online word cloud generators.  In this post, I offer a couple of examples of word clouds put to use!  This … Continue reading

March 7, 2019 · Leave a comment

Quotes from John Adams

This week in my early America class, we reviewed the presidency of John Adams.  As fate would have it, our session happened to land on Adams’ birthday.  Part of this … Continue reading

October 31, 2017 · Leave a comment