The last time I used WordPress for an assignment was in my old job at the University of Southern Mississippi where I taught a course I called “History in the Digital Age.” I decided to try to incorporate the use of WordPress for a simple digital exhibit into a more traditional course this semester, “Gender, Race, and Class in Modern Europe.” This majors-level course covered selected themes in European history through the perspective of marginalized peoples, primarily as it related to changing definitions of citizenship. I needed an assignment that incorporated independent research and writing, but I did not want to assign a standard paper. This was mostly just to vary things for my students, many of whom had already taken a course with me where a standard research paper was the assignment. I also think that basic knowledge of WordPress is a useful skill for everyone to have.
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