Home Screen I'm not 100% sure whether I want this to be italicized. Ideally, all three boxes would have arrows pointing right, not down.
Introduction to Slavery in New York This menu has hover capabilities and the arrow should be pointing to the right. The background should not be white. I'm not sure this can be fixed in Pencil.
Walking Tour All buttons except for "Menu" would only show up if the user hovers over menu. They would not show up like this on the phone. Arrows should point right.
Map I do not like the look of Google Maps as shown here. I would prefer to use a different map to show the sites.
List The sites should be in two different colums as opposed to the way they are displayed here. The background would not be white.
Tour Option 1 Arrow would point right. Different map would be used.
Plymouth Church Podcast 1 The play button would not be this one. I think the button would be a black arrow without a background. It would be placed in the middle of the image to play, pause or stop the podcast Arrow would point right and the button would have hover capabilities. This box would not be here. Plymouth Church, located at 57 Orange Street in Brooklyn Heights, New York, is well-known for its association with the Underground Railroad and its famous minister, Henry Ward Beecher. New Englanders founded the congregation in 1847. Beecher served as the church s first pastor. A fire destroyed the first building two years later and a new church was built which increased the seating capacity to 2,800. The congregation grew under Beecher s leadership which filled the new and, fortunately larger, church building. Beecher strongly opposed slavery as did the original founders of the church. Under Beecher s guidance, the church became known as the Grand Central Depot of the Underground Railroad. The church and its members hid slaves on their way to freedom. Plymouth Church remains an important landmark in Brooklyn. In 1961, the National Register of Historic Places named it a National Historic Landmark. As of 2015, there were approximately 2,500 sites in the United States with such that distinction. [157 words; 1 minute and five seconds]
Plymouth Church Trivia 1 Arrow would point right and the button would have hover capabilities. The background would not be white here. I would perhaps have an active link to either the church's website or the slavery website as well.
Tour Option 2 Arrow would point right. Different map would be used.
Plymouth Church Podcast 2 Arrow would point right and the button would have hover capabilities. The play button would not be this one. I think the button would be a black arrow without a background. It would be placed in the middle of the image to play, pause or stop the podcast This box would not be here. Plymouth Church, located at 57 Orange Street in Brooklyn Heights, New York, is well-known for its association with the Underground Railroad and its famous minister, Henry Ward Beecher. New Englanders founded the congregation in 1847. A fire destroyed the first building two years later and a new church was built which increased the seating capacity to 2,800. Henry Ward Beecher served as the first minister of the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims. He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1813. Young Henry was raised to follow strict Congregationalist principles by his minister father, Lyman. Henry s family moved to Boston in 1826. He attended Mount Pleasant Classical Institution in Amherst, MA. His education at Mount Pleasant laid the groundwork for his oratorical and leadership skills. He received training to become a minister at Amherst College before serving as a minister in several churches in Indiana. Henry and his wife moved to Brooklyn to head the newly built Plymouth Congregational Church in 1847. He immersed himself in issues such as women s suffrage, temperance, and most importantly, abolition. The congregation grew under Beecher s leadership which filled the new and, fortunately larger, church building. In May 1854, the United States Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act which enabled residents of Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether slavery would be legal within each territory. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Beecher devoted his time to raising funds to prevent the spread of slavery and traveled for speaking engagements. Although Reverend Beecher opposed slavery, he was viewed as a moderate compared to more extreme abolitionists. His reputation as a moderate increased his influence throughout the country. From the pulpit, Beecher led his congregation in purchasing the freedom of a number of slaves from their owners. His leadership and political activism helped make Plymouth Church one of the most prominent churches of the antebellum and Civil War eras. Additionally, Beecher had a close relationship with his older sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote the controversial and groundbreaking novel Uncle Tom s Cabin. The path to freedom for slaves officially became known as the Underground Railroad in 1831. Plymouth Church s architecture made it the perfect place to serve as a stop on the Underground Railroad. The church s basement contains tunnels which assisted with the secrecy and hiding of slaves on their path to freedom. These tunnels can still be viewed today on church directed tours. Several first-hand accounts and written memoirs cite Plymouth Church as a stop on the Underground Railroad. The prominence of Plymouth s pastor, Reverend Beecher, increased the church s profile as a refuge for slaves. Plymouth became known as the Grand Central Depot stop on the Underground Railroad. The church and its members hid slaves on their way to freedom in Canada. Plymouth Church remains an important landmark in Brooklyn. In 1961, the National Register of Historic Places named it a National Historic Landmark. As of 2015, there were approximately 2,500 sites in the United States with that distinction. [492 words; three minutes and 35 seconds]
Plymouth Church Trivia 2 Arrow would point right and the button would have hover capabilities. The background would not be white here. I would perhaps have an active link to either the church's website or the slavery website as well.
Themes All buttons except for "Menu" would only show up if the user hovers over menu. They would not show up like this on the phone. Arrows should point right. The user can click on the different tours which would lead back to a page like the "Plymouth Church Podcast I" or "Plymouth Church Podcast 2 "
About the Website The background would not be white. It would blend in more with the dark background.
Randomization This menu has hover capabilities and the arrow should be pointing to the right. The background would not be white.
Feedback Now that I've seen the title italicized, I don't think I would use that choice. This menu has hover capabilities and the arrow should be pointing to the right. Background would not be white. This box would either lead to a survey or specify word count.
Website Homepage All blue tabs below title would have hover capabilities and lead to the pages.
About The background would not be white.
The Archive Users can hover over this tab for the drop down menu which would list all of the stops on the walking tour. The archive for each site would display at least six images/primary documents. The user can click on each of the images to see more information about them such as what they are and certain metadata.
Essays Users can hover over this tab for the drop down menu which would list all of the essay categories. The user can click on each of the essay tabs where they will be brought to another page with a list of the essays available
Additional Resources This tab will only direct the user to this page. It will have a list, preferably in two columns, of the resources available. The resources listed would have live links to the websites associated with those resources. The background would not be white. The font would also be larger for each of the resources.