EASE History
Here is another example of what multimedia can bring to an audience. For many, learning is not as simple as reading chapters out of a book. It is about the experience and the images that can be associated with a topic that brings knowledge and the ability to remember a subject.
In this site, one can navigate through photos from dozens of subjects throughout history. Once a photo is selected, a brief explanation of what is happening at the time of the photo , giving the reader the context of the image.
It is an brilliant expansion on the power that photography has. Imagery has alway been a useful means to portray the emotion of an event, but with this, one can connect that emotion to the context and understand and more importantly feel the event.
The link of EASE History: www.easehistory.org