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Conducting Historical Research

Written and Narrated by Zachary Stiles

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What You Will Learn:

✓ Why Historians Conduct Research

✓ How to Comb through Archives to Find Primary Sources

✓ Archival Work and the Historical Method

✓ What Constitutes a Strong Thesis

Course Content:

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INTRODUCTION

(1 Lecture • 4 Min)

[▸] Introduction (4:28)

Historical MethodOLOGY

(2 Lectures • 16 Min)

🗐 Historical Method Overview

[▸] Historical Methodology (9:04)

🗐 History Matters

[▸] Topic Selection (7:23)

✔ Lesson Review & Quiz

Into The Archives

(2 Lectures • 13 Min)

🗐 Notes on the "Into the Archives" Lesson

[▸] Requesting Documents (8:33)

🗐 The Reading Room

[▸] Interpreting Research (3:59)

ELEMENTS OF AN ESSAY

(2 Lectures • 11 Min) + 15-Page Sample Paper

[▸] History Essays (4:39)

✎ Sample Paper

[▸] The Thesis Statement (5:50)

✎ The Prospectus

format & journal Submission

(1 Lecture • 4 Min) + Chicago Manual of Style Slideshow

[▸] Format and Structure (4:19)

모 Chicago Manual of Style Slideshow

✎ Historical Research Manuscript Structure

🗐 The Woes of Journal Submission

Conclusion

(1 Lecture • 2 Min)

[▸] Conclusion (1:41)

✔ Course Review

DeScription

Learn about the methods historians use to go about conducting research. This course will cover topics ranging from historical methodology and topic selection to essay structure and journal submission. You will also learn about the rewards and setbacks of conducting historical research specifically as an undergraduate university student.

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