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Thinking Through History

Colette Higgins and Brian Cassity share ways to get a better perspective on history. How to Survive (and Thrive) in a History Class. (What do you really need to know?) Are you a Visual, Kinetic or Auditory Learner? When: Monday, September 14, 2009 Where: Lama 116 (Library) Time: 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm General Outline of Workshop Why we Study History? (Brian Cassity) History gives you knowledge and knowledge is power. Red Adair vs the McDonalds Worker? McDonolds workers are not highly skilled labor - beeps and buttons determine the way how food is prepared. If you think hiring a professional is too expensive, try hiring an amateur. --Red Adair, Texas oil-well firefighter (More info) Wlikipedia - Red Adair http://news.bbc.co.uk//media/video/39932000/rm/_39932190_adair18_chazan_vi.ram Hellfighters (1968) Staring John Wayne How do Historians make sense of the Past? (Colette Higgins) Personal Time Line Significant Events/Timeperiods When Timeperiods (Brian Cassity) Web of History Remember Cause and Effect - not memorization of dates Chain of Events What History? (Brian Cassity/Colette Higgins) Primary Sources and Secondary Sources (9-11 PowePoint) Primary Sources: photos, documents, journals, artifacts, email, cellphones, internet, newspapers etc... Secondary Souces: history books, textbooks, encyclopedias, etc... Historians use primary sources to write secondary sources Need to use both - Primary Sources are subject to interpretation Who of History? (Brian Cassity/Colette Higgins) Previous to 1960's history keyed on the male leaders After 1960's history looked at everyone, "New History" (especially women and ethnicity) "Hawaiian Time" More recently we are looking at multiple perpectives (ie. Cook and the Hawaiians) Looking both ways past and future Updated History Internet Sources From Handout: General information and tutorials on using the Internet applications http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/techprep/tp_soft_tut.html (error 404) "Evaluation Quality on the Net" by Hope N. Tillman http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html "A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities" by Melvin E. Page http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/citation.html "MLA-Style Citation Format for Electronic Sources" by Janice R. Walker http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html "Research & Documentation in the Electronic Age" by Diana Hacker http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ The Yahoo! page with links to many historical sites. http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/ This page lists a variety of sources relating to history. http://grid.let.rug.nl/ahc/histlink/index.html References Tobias, Cynthia Ulrich, The Way They Learn: How to Discover and Teach to Your Childs Strenghts. Colorado Springs: Focus on the Family Publishing. 1994. (This book is in the SOS Reserve Collection. 09.13.04). Wong Linda. Essential Study Skills. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997 (2000 edition in the SOS Reserve Collection) Bulletins and Newsletters. Click Art Cartoons. email: Brian Cassity's Book The 60's For Dummies - Press release (E841 .C328 2005) email: Colette Higgins's Web Site: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~chiggins/ More SOS Workshops by Colette Higgins