The Historical Essay: An Introduction to Creative Historical Thinking and Writing

A course designed to develop historical thinking and writing skills through the use of primary documents. The core of the course involves the examination of primary documents that reflect a broad variety of history. Activities include analyzing and interpreting primary documents; writing historical background to primary documents; and constructing historical context, with emphasis on fictional and non-fictional historical events, movements and individuals.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

HIS 205