teaching with writing
history syllabi
History
is constructed through writing, and the materials used to construct
history are themselves often written documents. Primary, historical
sources include narrative accounts of events; interpretations
and reinterpretations of these accounts; analyses of similarities,
differences, causes, and effects; governmental and religious
records, and so on. So, when we study history, we engage in
the practice of history-making. That is, we write, often about
others' written documents, as a way of making sense of the
jumble of factual and interpretive data we find, and as a way
of persuading others of the interpretations behind these data.
Writing-intensive courses in history will provide you with
opportunities to analyze and interpret historical materials
through their writing assignments.
sample
syllabi
- History
232, Modern European History II:
a course that relies upon writing as a tool for understanding
the relevance of history and encouraging students to argue
their own interpretations.
- History
1308, American History Since 1880:
a course featuring an oral history assignment and a historiographic
essay.
- History
3845, American Economic History
Since 1865: a course including writing assignments that
ask students to identify and evaluate major historical issues
and concepts.
- History
3821, United States in the Twentieth
Century: a course with five one-page writing assignments
asking students to analyze primary and secondary sources.
- History
1302, United States History 1865
to Present: a course requiring two papers stressing skills
of comparison and evaluation.
- History
3102, Early Modern Europe to 1750:
an upper-level course requiring a logbook and formal research
paper.
- History
3613/Medieval Studies 3610, The Crusades: a course
using both formal and informal writing assignments. Formal
assignments include two textual interpretation writing exercises.
- History
1011W, The Origin and Diversity
of Human Societies: an introductory course requiring
drafts of formal writing assignments and informal, in-class
writing assignments.
- History
300, High Middle
Ages: a course requiring students to develop their ideas
using a sequence of seven short papers, from personal response
to critical analysis of primary and secondary sources.
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