HI 460 Cross-Cultural Encounters

Thanks to all for a good first class meeting. Just wanted to reiterate the announcements from today. Continue reading →

Hello all,

There has been a room change for our class this term from what was originally listed on the syllabus. We will now meet in May St Building Room 212 (the back end of the former synagogue), instead of in the Sullivan building.

Thanks – see you there on Wed Jan 20th. ~ Dr. Hangen

There are four required books for our class, and it looks like all are in stock at the bookstore. I want to give a homework assignment due on our first day so that we hit the ground running for our only meeting in the first week. Continue reading →

Welcome to the History department capstone for Spring 2016!

Our capstone course is designed to help you synthesize and integrate learning in the major and your college education, demonstrate mastery of historical thinking and the student learning outcomes of the history major; and facilitate your transition from WSU to your chosen post-graduate plans. It is meant to be the culminating learning experience of your history degree. Continue reading →

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A few reminders and deadlines as we wrap up the semester.
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This unit is all about scholarly argument, storytelling, and polishing your writing – which is appropriate given you are now in revision mode. Continue reading →

During this (short) unit, please read and study the remainder of Storey’s book, especially as you put the final version of your paper together for its due date on Thurs, Nov 6. Notice (and trust) what Storey has to say about narration, structure, and argument and the clear flow of logical thought, as well as follow his suggestions for the mechanics of citation and to observe the conventions of historical writing.
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During this unit, we’ll do less as a group with content & discussion and more with working (together and individually) on beginning your research in earnest. Continue reading →

We are winding up our first unit (Very Recent History, A Crash Course) which has included an introduction to some of the methodological issues involved in dealing with recent history including archives, sources, privacy, ethics, and chronology; a well-crafted journalist’s account of America Unwinding; and some exploration with an “archives” of our own making. We now have 6 teams (they are updated under the Teams tab, above) to help organize our next unit on Research Strategy, which starts after Thursday’s class.

By way of follow-up to our discussion today of fair use and copyright, I spotted this link today – a flowchart about plagiarism – worth a look.

For the Journal #4 due on Thurs 10/2, please write a 600-700 word journal post that lays out your topic as it currently stands AND your anticipated primary source base. The latter is not hypothetical or what you HOPE to find, but should be actual sources you’ve already looked at and know that they exist and are open to you. Bring laptops to class ready for a writing exercise.