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For my project I am choosing to study the American presidents and their wives. Focusing mainly on their relationships through letters while the husbands are away.  On the site I would like to include copies of the letters so they can be read on my site. They would be placed on a timeline that would include the dates and locations of the letters, significant historic events and the dates of when significant votes were taken in both the continental congress, constitutional conventions and ultimately the presidencies of Washington, Adams and Jefferson. The time line will ideally start in 1775 and go until about 1809 when Jefferson left office. I think tracking the lives of these founding fathers with the events that made them famous will give a better insight as to why they made the decisions that still shape our lives today.

To better determine what I want my site to look like I am looking at several sites that study similar letters between these presidents and their first ladies. I have decided to look at sites of some of these presidents and their first ladies and a second site on the Adams family because their relationship already well documented digitally. Through these searches I hope to find things that I like as well as dislike about existing sites in order to discover what I would like to put into mine.

The first site I reviewed was The Adams Family Papers from the Massachusetts Historical Society. The scope of this site is to include manuscripts and digital transcriptions from the Adams Family. The site includes info on john and Abigail, an autobiography and diary of John Adams, and letters between john and Abigail. These letters go from their stages of courting up through his presidency. The site explains that almost of these letters are on display at the Massachusetts Historical Society.  The site is very easy to peel through. The site includes all the letters broken down into categories of the time in history of which the letters where written in regard to John’s career. Each letter can then be clicked on individually. The picture of the original letter can then be enlarged and explored. However the site does not have the ability to participate with it or add your own historical information.  The layout of the site is very clean and easy to understand. It is easy to find what you need on the site. The layout is simple yet decorative. The image on the homepage is very attractive and attempts to give a true synopsis of what the website has to offer. It is easy to navigate and find the information that one is trying to find and it is easy to fall in love with the transcripts of the letters.

The second site I took a look at was The American Experience by PBS. It is a site about a program they designed around the family and their affairs as the country was founded.  The site gives an overview of the film which chronicled the history of the presidents. The site includes a transcript of the film and copies of the significant documents that where attached to his time in the political spectrum and key letters between the couple such as the, Remember the Ladies, letter. The site contains some extra features as such an interactive poll of whether the alien and sedition act should have been signed. The site also goes through the important people and events of the times as well as their relationship and the pair becoming a couple.  The site also includes maps of the important locations that the pair traveled or were located in for a time. The site is also a site that includes a timeline of events.  There is also a behind the scenes of the film and a guide for teachers who are teaching the film. The site is very easy to navigate and it is very attractive to the eye. The colors are bright and vivid and the painting on the site help keep you engaged in what you are seeing. The user friendly feel is appreciated however the sidebar layout is something I haven’t always been the biggest fan of.

The third website I reviewed was the Martha Washington site. The goal of the site is explore the life of the original first lady. The site includes a biography, a space for teaching materials and an archive of historical resources. The site also includes other recommended sites for further research. This site does not have any way to interact with it of suggest changes to it. There is nothing that I as the user can do, other than explore it and look for information. The site is very basically designed, making it like the others easy to navigate. The site uses a top navigation and the site easily flows downward. It was a basic format that would be interesting to see updated.

Overall looking at these websites have given me an idea of what I would want me site to look like. Ideally I would like to update the format of these sites when making my site. There is so much that we can do with technology these days and these sites seem stuck back 5 years ago. I also would like to include a teaching materials section like the Martha Washington and the American experience site. I would also like the vocal point of the site to include a timeline but ideally I would like the timeline to go across as opposed to the up and down that has been presented. I would also like to apply interactivity techniques added into my site. Reviewing these sites has certainly sparked my imagination and now the sky is the limit.