Course Blog — Kendall Rankin

Monday night, Abi and I worked on the format of our website. About three hours later, we have created what is up today. I’m feeling much more comfortable about the flow of the website and its overall look. I’m hoping it is less “jagged” than it was before. I know I have one page to […]

So, I am currently finishing up the “Aftermath” page for our site. I think it is going rather well, but now I am thinking about the flow of the website more instead of content. I really am trying to make it so that the pages are cohesive and that they tie together instead of it […]

I created a whole page for the secession of Virginia to help better explain the political push towards West Virginia’s secession and then I realized that most of this information is already on the causes page. So after nearly completing it, I had to scrap it. I don’t want redundant information on the website, so […]

Last week, Abi and I had our weekly meeting to discuss the progress of our website. We updated our project contract to reflect the inability to make it to the archives over Spring Break. I think we are in a good place with the site as it is. We discussed adding in a new page […]

Project Contract via blog post on Monday, February 13th March 27th rough draft of website due Project due by April 24th   Required in contract: Project Description Tools planned to use (Timeline, StoryMap, WordPress) Work to be completed by each person Milestone schedule   For this project we will be researching the secession of Western […]

Unfortunately, my Grandfather passed away this week. It has been very difficult for me but I’m holding up as best as I can. I have had appointments with the health and counseling services here on campus. As for the project, I have a rough outline of what I want for my pages. I have completed […]

This break was not restful for me at all! I’ve been very busy in Florida with my Grandfather and his declining health. That being said, in my spare time I have looked through some of the collections in the digital archives of West Virginia University. In them, I have found more personal accounts of the […]

  “1830 Virginia Constitution.” West Virginia Archives and History. Accessed February 26, 2017. http://www.wvculture.org/history/government/182930cc.html.   African American Registry. “West Virginia Created by Secession from Southern Confederate State.” African American Registry. Accessed February 24, 2017. http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/west-virginia-created-secession-southern-confederate-state   “A State of Convenience: The Creation of West Virginia.” West Virginia Archives and History. Accessed February 26, 2017. http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statehoodtoc.html. […]

  For this project we will be researching the secession of Western Virginia from Virginia during the early American Civil War. West Virginia secession took place both as a result of pro-Union sentiment and a strong opposition to taking part in a war advocated by elite Virginians. Over the previous fifty years, Western Virginians increasingly […]