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There are many different ways of doing digital history. You might find something to inspire you here, to delight you, to confound you.
As you explore these, note the date of creation, the platform or tools used, and the design choices made. See for instance the way Miriam Posner discusses projects in this video:
...and this presentation in a similar vein, by Tiffany Chan, regarding undergraduate projects:
A 'Stunning' Love Letter to Viral Texts - http://loveletter.viraltexts.org/
Viral Texts - http://viraltexts.org
Valley of the Shadow - http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/
Webarchives.ca http://webarchives.ca/
Scissors and Paste http://www.scissorsandpaste.net/
Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History http://canadianmysteries.ca/en/index.php
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon http://sixdegreesoffrancisbacon.com/
Kindred Britain http://kindred.stanford.edu/
Quantifying Kissinger http://blog.quantifyingkissinger.com/
Minecrafted Vimy on github
Minecrafted Rideau on github
The Molasses Flood http://omekasites.northeastern.edu/DeepMap/neatline/fullscreen/1919-molasses-flood
Boston Harbour Islands http://omekasites.northeastern.edu/DeepMap/neatline/fullscreen/boston-harbor-islands
Hearing Childhood in Ottawa South http://ottawalifestories.wix.com/hearingchildhood#!introduction/cjg9
Searching for Residential Schools http://ryanpickering.github.io/Residential-School-Online-Response/startbootstrap-grayscale-1.0.3/