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DO NOT HIT PUBLISH--just add to your exhibit, and it saves automatically. Really! I (Lauren) will hit publish when all exhibits are finalized. This just makes it easier for everyone to collectivity edit their pages.
Tips for adding your exhibit page onto this Google Site...
I recommend typing any text you will want to insert elsewhere (Word doc, google doc, whatever) and then coming over to this website and copying and pasting it in here.
You can also collect images or videos you want elsewhere and add those in when you're ready.
To build on your exhibit page: You simply go to "insert" and can add textboxes, images, videos. I recommend "collapsible text" to hold lots of text because it makes the page design easier to scroll and not too text heavy.
You can also change the banner image for your exhibit (see "change image")
Really, all the creative, layout-related elements are all you! Make it your own! Make sure it's clear and easy to navigate. Other exhibit pages on this website might give you ideas.
Your exhibit should include...in any order, and using any layout you prefer. Some of these categories might overlap, and that's absolutely fine.
Your name(s), as Exhibit Creator.
Introduction to your topic/explain it/the basics.
Timeline/key dates, as needed.
Why is it so important, historically? If it's not well known (most topics aren't!), can you gesture toward why it feels so absent in mainstream history? (This would likely include other research beyond the Paraquard archives.)
Relatedly, what broader context does this exhibit fit into? Why should people care? (This would likely include other research beyond the Paraquard archives.)
How can this exhibit connect to the present day or the future? Can you draw a throughline that helps people see why disability history still matters, right here and right now?
Multimedia elements (insert videos, images, etc. Make sure they are accessible--meaning that they include alt text, imagine descriptions, and audi captions and/or transcripts)
Give your visitors something to DO--ask them to reflect or interact somehow. Think creatively about how your exhibit can be engaging and participatory as part of its educational work.
Works Cited and Consulted
Additional Recommended Resources for Visitors (might overlap with works cited and consulted?)
Check Your Work Against the Assignment Criteria--are you hitting it all?
Assignment criteria to receive a “complete” on this project, per the grade contact.
You add one exhibit.
Your exhibit makes strong use of multimedia as needed.
Your exhibits are accessible to as wide a range of audiences as possible, making use of access practices like image descriptions, transcripts, and plain, clear language.
You work to make your exhibit compelling, engaging, and thought-provoking for a public audience. (Envision what you enjoy about your favorite museum!)
You honor the intersectionality of oppressive systems and the plurality of identities (disability doesn’t exist in a vacuum); in other words, the tenets of disability justice inform your work.
Your exhibit is ethically composed, considering how much is too much to share and what might be traumatizing rather than elucidating for audiences. (We will discuss this more and give one another feedback.)
Relatedly, make use of content warnings and/or offering audiences the option to not see/read things that could be too graphic or triggering.
You undertake primary and secondary research:
In the Paraquad archives at the State Historical Society (primary research/primary sources)
Through the academic databases at the library and the internet more generally (secondary research/secondary sources)
And through course texts (secondary research/secondary sources)
You use the sources to create a well-informed, nuanced exhibit.
You clearly cite the sources, giving credit where credit is due and offering audiences a chance to learn more beyond our Disability History Museum.
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