CLASS SCHEDULE WILL BE COMPLETELY UP BY NEXT MEETING
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
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#2
2/1 |
Proposal & Primary Sources |
Conception, Design & Development |
Primary & Secondary Sources |
Turabian Easy Way: 106
Proposal and Library
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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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(Class Readng will be listed here by our second week 1/25)
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
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#5
2/22 |
Reading Primary Sources
Discussion, Primary Sources and Biography |
Primary Research |
Questions & Evaluation of Primary Sources
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Primary Source Reading
Proposal Critique and Primary Source Notes Due
Seminar Reading:
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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:
tba
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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
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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
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Monday-Midterm Appointments (in the office, 607 ST) |
Secondary Source Reading
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Reading and Reviewing Secondary Books |
Secondary Source Reading (One Book One "Recent Article")
First Book Review Due
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III. Secondary Sources: Biography, Historiography & the Perspectives of Others
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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 Source Reading (One Book One "Recent Article")
Reading in Historiography
Gilderhus on Speculative History
Gilderhus on Analytical History
Third Graded Book Review |
#11
4/4 |
Spring Break
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#12
4/11 |
Office Appointments
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Historiographic Essays |
Fourth Graded Book Review and Articles Review
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#13
4/18 |
Office Appointments
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Historiographic Essay Due
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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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