1. Developing Your Proposal
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Research Paper |
History & Process |
Reading/ Work Due Weds |
#1
1/25 |
First Class
Curiosities |
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RESEARCH IDEAS |
#2
2/1 |
Proposal & Primary Sources |
Conception, Design & Development |
Primary & Secondary Sources |
Turabian, Chapters 1-3 Beginning a Research Project
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#3
2/8 |
Proposal & Primary Sources |
Conception, Design & Development |
Library Research & Developing a Bibliography |
The first reading is a short guide to searching for sources, I copied it as additional help as you are searching for sources. Regarding "Fischer's Fallacies," these are very useful. Read these, then reduce each to a few sentences, your own words, and we will discuss them in Wed's class.
Galgano, Hstory & Design
Fischer, Question-Framing |
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II. The Texture of Individual Lives: History and Autobiography/ Personal Stories
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Topic |
Research Paper |
History & Process |
Reading/ Work Due Weds |
#4
2/15 |
Reading Primary Sources |
Begin Reading Your Prmary Sources (from your bibliography) |
Questions & Evaluation of Primary Sources, Two Examples
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Final Proposal Due
Mystery Journal, Who is she/ he? |
#5
2/22 |
Reading Primary Sources
Discussion,
Telling Stories, Biography & Narrative, Medium of film |
Primary Research |
Questions & Evaluation of Primary Sources
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Primary Source Reading
Proposal Critique and Primary Source Notes Due
Seminar Reading:
Turabian Chapter 4
Telling True Stories, pp. 1-64 (Invitation; Finding, Researching, Reporting)
Who Owns History? pp. 1-48 (Politics of History and Historians)
Come to Class with THREE POINTS OF DISCUSSION from the reading, and examples to illustrate their significance--type your points & bring to class
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#6
2/29
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Primary Sources |
Primary Source Reading |
Primary Source Reading |
Primary Source Reading
Primary Source Notes
Seminar Reading:
Telling True Stories, pp. 65-162 (Subgenre, Structure, Quality)
Who Owns History? pp. 49-148 (Rethnking History in a Changing World)
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#7
3/7 |
Primary Sources |
Book Reviews
Choose Secondary Book from Proposal |
Questions & Evaluation of Primary Sources
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Turabian Made Easy, 13-40, 41-96
Primary Source Notes
Turabian, Chapter 5
Telling True Stories, pp. 163-288 (Ethics, Editing, Narrative, Magazines and Books)
Who Owns History? pp. 149-188 (Politics of History and Historians) |
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Primary Sources
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Secondary Source Reading
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Questions & Evaluation of Primary Sources
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Primary Source Essay Due/ by Saturday 9 AM at the latest (under my door-607 ST)
(Foner) Fiery Trial |
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Monday-Midterm Appointments (in the office, 607 ST) |
Secondary Source Reading |
Reading and Reviewing Secondary Books |
Secondary Source Reading (Second Secondary Source)
Telling True Stories-Discussion regarding researching and writing Biography
Secondary Book Review #1 Due/ by Saturday 9 AM at the latest (under my door-607 ST)
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III. Secondary Sources: Biography, Historiography
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Topic |
Research Paper |
History & Process |
Reading/ Work Due |
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Secondary Sources, Book Reviews, and Historiography |
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Reading and Reviewing Secondary Books
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Secondary Book Review #2/ Due in Class
Reading in Historiography
Gilderhus on Speculative History
Gilderhus on Analytical History
Quiz-tba (Reading & Citations)
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#11
4/4 |
Spring Break |
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#12
4/11 |
Office Appointments
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Historiographic Essays |
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#13
4/18 |
Office Appointments
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Fourth Graded Book Review and Articles Review |
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IV. Writing, Presentation of Research & Rough Drafts
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#14
4/25
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Writing |
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Historiographic Essay Due
OUTLINE |
#15
5/2 |
Presentation of Research |
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Rough Draft Due
Presentations
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#16
5/9 |
Presentation of Research |
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Presentations
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#17
5/16 |
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Final Paper Due by 5 PM (or before) |
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