There are many different ways to introduce students to historiography. One of my primary tools is a "Historiography Worksheet." The purpose of the Historiography Worksheet is threefold. First, it teaches students about the complexities of historiography--as both a practice and a field of study. Second, it provides a framework for classroom discussion. Third, it offers students a standardized note-taking format that helps students develop their skills analyzing and synthesizing historical arguments.
Read MoreHistoriography is essential to the historian's craft, so it is worthwhile spending some time understanding what it is as field of inquiry, how historians use historiography in their work, and what historiographical techniques might be valuable to the practicing historian.
Read MoreThe Practicing History Podcast is back! You can download it at the bottom of this page. This week, we're asking the question, "What is a primary source?" In this episode, I discuss the nature and use of primary sources in historical interpretation. This is a good introduction for those interested in more than just a textbook definition of historical sources.
Read MoreToday's episode is the second of a two-part series on correlation and causation. You can listen to them as standalone episodes, but I think that they do a good job at reinforcing each other.
Read MoreThis episode introduces the term historiography and explains its centrality to the practice of history.
Read MorePracticing History is a podcast devoted to a broad approach to studying history — from research to teaching to methodology to theory. Practicing History is particularly interested in the manifold ways that humans make their history. As such, it is concerned not only with how professionals construct histories but how we all make history anew every day – through retelling and reimagining it and by the very fact that we are ourselves historical actors.
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