Harvard University: A Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper

12/2/2016
Objective	Harvard University: A Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper
Resources to Understand Lesson
Tonight's homework	Answer the questions on the worksheet I handed to you in class. Below is a copy of the questions: The Challenges of Writing About (a.k.a., Making) History 1. History's subject matter is partially ______________________. 2. Historians must rely on the fragmentary ______________ that survive from the time period under study, which necessarily reveal just  ___________  of the story. 3. For these reasons, the guiding principles behind all historical writing must be _________________ and ________________. Common Types of History Papers 4. What is narrative: 5. What is analytical: 6. What is historiography? 7. Different types of history papers naturally require different amounts of ________________, _____________, and ____________________. 8. Once you decide on a workable argument, declare it to you reader in ___________, succinct prose in you ___________   ______________________. Familiar Arguments in Review Essays Scenario #1: Scenario #2: Scenario #3: Familiar Argument in Research Papers Scenario #1 Scenario #2: Scenario #3:  Taking the First Step 9. What are some of the tried-and-true strategies that histories often employ? a. b. c. d. e. f. Sources for Historical Analysis Primary Sources: Secondary Sources: 10. Sources do not answer historical questions on their _____________, they __________ evidence only after a process of ________________ and _______________. A Historian's Use of Evidence Who ______________________________________? When _____________________________________? Where? Why ______________________________________? For what ________________________________? How _________________________________________? Conventions of History Writing What are the nine conventions? Summarize each of them in your own words. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i.