HI 112-02 US History II Tona Hangen, Spring 2011 Worcester State University Course Intro: 21 January 2011

recall and explain historical events and facts of significance to their coursework, being able to set them in chronological order. You will have a working sense of how history unfolded. 2) set historical facts/events in broader context. You will have the “flavor of an era” and be able to connect facts together; see history as a flow, not as separate discrete “bits” of information. identify primary and secondary sources, and understand the scholarly uses of each. You can analyze a given source using appropriate questions, methods and techniques. gain information literacy with respect to both printed and online sources of historical information. Course/History Program Goals – you will….

Old survey course model What will we “cover”?

Instead… What will we “uncover”?

Our survey course model What will we “uncover”?

Our survey course model What will we “uncover”? Pompidou Center, Paris (1977)

Ask good questions Rely on multiple evidence sources Rigorous peer accountability Write clear & well-documented prose Code of Conduct for New Historians Leave footnotes!

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