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HIS 1010: Introduction to History
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HIS 1010: Introduction to History
Module 1
Required Readings
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Module 2
Required Readings
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Module 3
Required Readings
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Module 4
Required Readings
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Module 5
Required Readings
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Module 6
Required Readings
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Module 7
Required Readings
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Module 8
Required Readings
Additional Resources
Historical Skills
Scott Barksdale, Good Readers Make Good Historians
What Makes a Good Historian? (Steven Gunn)
The Historical Discipline
Discussion Exercise: History as Interpretation and Argument
Discussion Exercise: Positivism, Relativism, and Postmodernism
NSW Board of Studies History Readings
What is History?
Revisionism: The American Revolution
James McPherson, "Revisionist Historians"
Jamelle Bouie, "Don't Know Much Revisionist History"
James R. Grossman, "The New History Wars"
James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me (Introduction)
Historical Sources
Using Primary Sources
Autobiography
Photographs
Political Cartoons
College of William and Mary, History Writing Resource Center, “Reading and Writing About Primary Sources”
Library of Congress, "Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tool"
Reference and User Services Association, “Using Primary Sources in Your Writing”
Smithsonian, National Museum of American History, “Engaging Students With Primary Sources"
Melvyn Leffler, “The Foreign Policies of the George W. Bush Administration: Memoirs, History and Legacy”
Robert Jervis, Review of Leffler
Gary Osmond, “Shimmering Waters: Swimming, Autobiography, and Social Memory”
Sean Scalmer, “The Rise of the Insider: Memoirs and Diaries in Recent Australian Political History”
Matthew Taylor, “From Source to Subject: Sport, History, and Autobiography”
NARA, Photo Analysis Worksheet
Anon., “Photojournalism in a World of Words – in Pictures”
Anon., “Iconic War Photographs”
James Curtis, "Making Sense of Documentary Photography"
Lindsay Deutsch, “Mystery clouds Time Square Kiss for 70 years”
Stuart Franklin, “In a world of words, pictures still matter”
Dominique Mosbergen, “‘Kissing Sailor’ Photo Depicts ‘Sexual Assault, Not Romance,’ Says Feminist Website, Blogger”
NARA, Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
Jonathan Burack, “Interpreting Political Cartoons in the History Classroom”
Lucy Shelton Caswell, “Drawing Swords: War in American Editorial Cartoons”
The Herb Block Foundation
Library of Congress, “Political Cartoons and Public Debates”
Library of Congress, "Herblock!"
Michael O'Malley, "Analyze a Thomas Nast cartoon"
Michael O'Malley, "Analyzing Political Cartoons"
Richard Scully and Marian Quartly, "Drawing the Line: Cartoons as Historical Evidence"
Denise Spivey, "A Visual Conversation: Media Images During Wartime, 1898-1918"
Periodizing World History
Reading Exercise: Periodization
Bentley Article on Periodization in World History
Davis & Puett Article on Periodizing Medieval History
Eric J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848
Eric J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital, 1848-1875
Eric J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Empire, 1875-1914
Eric J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
Periodizing Contemporary History
Short Essay: Contemporary History
Contemporary History Help Notes
Geoffrey Barraclough, Contemporary History, Chapter 1
Saime Durmaz, Article on Contemporary History
Jan-Werner Müller, Article on Contemporary History
Jan Palmowski and Kristina Spohr Readman, Article on Contemporary History
Michael D. Kandiah, Contemporary History
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