Topics and Teams
by Dr. H - October 1st, 2014
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.