My name is Angela and I attended St. Mary’s College of Maryland to get my Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Master of Arts Degree in Teaching. I’ve been teaching for four years since and so I have to balance my teaching, planning, and grading with completing the GMU Digital Public Humanities certificate. I’ve just begun my exploration and study of the digital humanities this past August and its been fun. My final project for Introduction to the Digital humanities was the creation of an OMEKA exhibit for my father’s personal collection of retro lunchboxes. It was cool to see the intricacies involved with metal lunchboxes from the 50s to the 80s.  My interest in digital public history comes from the fact that I am always trying to find new ways to engage my 8th grade students in history content especially if it is a public history site that is accessible online. My learning goals are to pass the class as well as to learn new skills and content that will lead me to create new materials for my students.