The presentation has come and gone (see last post for a full version of the interactive Prezi). I had to cut out a dramatic portion of the original presentation to squeeze into the ten-minute time limit for my class... somehow, I still managed to run over (considerably).
The presentation itself was fairly well-received (no one fell asleep). My favorite comment from our anonymous peer evaluation forms was "Very prepared.... maybe over-prepared." :)
Phase II will be polishing up the research paper itself for final evaluation.
This summer, I plan to submit the final draft to the East Texas Historical Association journal for possible publication.
The next frontier:
I may expand this research on my own time, to really get into the nitty-gritty details. Local history resources have more information than I was able to access or afford during this semester, and the National Archives have the mother lode of project files and pictures (also highly cost prohibitive). I may pursue a university research grant to cover some of the costs of travel and printing.
Where would this lead, you might ask? I have my ambitions set here:
Or, perhaps it will come in handy down the road when I begin my master's thesis.
Overall, I enjoyed this project far more than I expected to. Even more important, I discovered that I may be a public historian at heart...
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