The goal of my website is to help bring light into the history of coal mining in West Virginia. The coal industry is what built West Virginias economy. What is not taught in school is what those coal miners went through. They had to fight for better working conditions. My goal is to bring attention to this. My primary audience will be those in my class and my secondary audience will be those that want to learn about the history of coal mining in West Virginia. I want to show people photos of the working conditions and to see how company towns worked and how they trapped their employees.
After todays class I believe I have an understanding on how I want to set up my exhibit. I will start with just an introduction into the history of coal mining in West Virginia and its importance. I will on that home page have two tabs, one for company towns and one for Blair mountain. While I may add more I will start with these two. In each I will have pictures and other metadata sources. I want it to be a collection of pictures that will help describe and educate the reader.