Historiography Essay

Suggestions for APSI from Billie Jean Clemens 1. A misunderstanding still exists as to the approach of the redesign. What does it mean to teach history in the digital age where students have access to facts at the swipe of a finger? Teachers need to understand that the redesign represents a paradigm shift in the way history is taught, no longer does one need to cover it all at breakneck speed and hope something sticks. However, how does one teach a conceptual approach to history that emphasizes

The Opportunity in Lecturing Things to Take From my Latest Historical Lecture at the Angelica Library On August 18th, 2016, I had presented a historical lecture on the Abolitionist History of Allegany County, at the Angelica Library. A number of times over the years I have given presentations and lectures at my local library, for the sake of helping to spread ideas and information to others, developing my skills, and other such purposes. I believe there is some use in reporting and reflecting upon

Any historiography of The British Raj must first start with the understanding that The British Raj fits within the broader historic concept of The British Empire. In the late 19th Century, many historians proposed that the history of The British Empire could be broken down into The First British Empire and The Second British Empire. The British Raj falls within the category of The Second British Empire within this view. The previous British involvement in India, via The East India Company, would

Historians utilize primary sources to reconstruct events that have previously occurred in order to create a clearer image of the past. In opposition, human scientists investigate varying aspects of human activity to reveal discoveries that are meant to bring significant changes to the future. This is presented in the assertion that “The historian’s task is to understand the past; the human scientist, by contrast, is looking to change the future.” This appears to be false considering that both the

Indeed, the pervasiveness of media in its copious forms in contemporary US culture today is undeniable. Almost anywhere one looks, one can find media; a magazine at a doctor’s office, a billboard alongside a freeway, a painting at an art gallery, a performance on television or on stage. Media, undeniably, is ubiquitous. However, in the innumerous forms media comes to us in, every one of these forms are created for a purpose; to communicate of an idea or message. But how are students, as well

Riham Elshazli Professor Clement Price Civil War and the Reconstruction 12/11/12 Historiography of the Reconstruction Era At a time when America was trying to piece itself back together, the Reconstruction Era is one of the most important chapters in history. It is also, however, one of the most debated. After the Civil War, the South was devastated and thousands of freed slaves needed to be integrated into society. When Andrew Johnson took office, he was moderate in his views as to what should

population began to call for an end to the camps and an end to colonialism. How were the British Empire and its allies able to justify such a horrific counterinsurgency program, especially so soon after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps? Historiography Perhaps the two most notorious modern historians who have published comprehensive secondary sources regarding Mau Mau are Caroline Elkins and David Anderson. Each has published a book about the rebellion and each book will be vital to my research

“When did it all start, you ask, this job of ours, how did it come about, where, when? Well, I’d say it really got started around about a thing called the Civil War. Even though our rule-book claims it was founded earlier. The fact is we didn’t get along well until photography came into its own. Then — motion pictures in the early twentieth century. Radio. Television. Things began to have mass.” Montag sat in bed, not moving. “And because they had mass, they became simpler,” said Beatty. “Once, books

The Partition of India in August, 1947 was a significant event in history that accounted for the separation of one of the world’s oldest civilization into two, independent nations – Pakistan and India. Like many other wars in history, The Partition of India was instigated by religious, political and social conflict. This resulted in violence, discrimination and the largest human displacement in contemporary history. While the Partition was well-studied, much of our understanding was focused on the

Davis claims that her work is more historical than the movie because the film-maker’s “departures from the historical record.” (Benson 57). That is, Vigne’s work lacks from historical understanding because he divires from the right direction due to several reasons including but not restricted to ignoring the Basque region, neglecting religious issues, and disregarding complicity of Bertrande except in the last invented scene when she gave water to judge, and she confessed to him. More importantly