Staging Historical Reenactments on Twitter: History, Methods, and Ethics.

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HISTORICAL reenactments; TWITTER (Web resource); MILWAUKEE Public Museum; BEAR cubs; HISTORY education
    • Abstract:
      The article describes the development and refinement of historical reenactments on Twitter since 2009. Topics include a discussion of the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) version of reenacting the 1932 birth of the first polar bear cub Zero born in a North American zoo, how the students prepared for the MPM project, a background on historical Twitter reenactments that began at MPM in 2015, and an explanation of historical Twitter reenactments and its inclusion in history classes in the 2010s.