http://blog.davelester.org American Studies, Digital Humanities, Public History, and all that's in between (or not) Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:10:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.davelester.org/2007/05/20/student-documentary-on-the-oregon-trail/ http://blog.davelester.org/2007/05/20/student-documentary-on-the-oregon-trail/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 15:57:47 +0000 Dave Lester http://www.davelester.org/2007/05/20/student-documentary-on-the-oregon-trail/ Continue reading →]]> Two honors American History II students uploaded a short documentary focusing on The Oregon Trail. There’s a blurring of the history the Oregon Trail, and the Oregon Trail II game with much of the visual content borrowed directly from the game. At times it’s very formal, but at other moments (when one of the students narrates in a Borat-like voice at 6:21) it has a melodramatic quality.

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