If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton, in a personal correspondence to Robert Hooke, February 5,
Category: History Skills
Learn how to study history properly.
Conspiracy Theories: Simple Answers to Complex Problems
When I was doing my student teaching practicum (i.e. teaching, but not getting paid for it since I was still in training), students would occasionally
Don’t Cheapen History
I occasionally hear the phrase, “Oh, well I’m not a historian, so I don’t care too much about the details and I just want it
Content Curation – The Pacific War
Content curation is the process of collecting information on a particular topic. Topic: Pacific Theater, WW2 Conflicts can be studied from a variety of perspectives
Types of Sources
In the previous post, I discussed the benefits and drawbacks of Wikipedia. In this post, we’ll do a quick examination of the different types of
Wikipedia – Is It Useful For Scholarship?
There’s been a debate raging for years in academia about the validity of using Wikipedia as a source in academic scholarship. I grew up in
