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Thinking Through History

Colette Higgins 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 8, 2008 Where: Lama 116 (Library) Time: 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm General Outline of Workshop Why we Study History? History gives you knowledge and knowledge is power. How do Historians make sense of the Past? Personal Time Line Significant Events/Timeperiods When Timeperiods Web of History Remember Cause and Effect - not memorization of dates Chain of Events What History? 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? 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: Colette Higgins's Web Site: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~chiggins/