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How to study and write for History
Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
This guide has it all from how to read and cite sources to historical arguments to structuring and writing your paper. Be sure to check out the writing models. http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/
How to Read a History Assignment
From a monograph to a textbook, here is a history professor's view of what is needed. Finally, someone tells us what's important! http://www.historyguide.org/guide/read.html
General Tips and Notetaking Strategies
How do I know what to remember and what to take notes on? http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/content/history1.html
Taking Notes in Class
So you transcribed the lecture, but you forgot to listen. Oops! http://www.historyguide.org/guide/notes1.html
History Cornell Notetaking Model
See what your history notes should look like! http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/images/cornelle.gif
Reading and Memory Strategies
Many of the history test questions come right from the text. Guess I should learn how to read and remember this stuff. http://www.muskingum.edu/%7Ecal/database/content/history3.html
Studying History
 PDF file What are collateral readings? Did you know that the author of your history text is not a reporter, which may change the way you read the textbook! http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/content/dam/Organizational_Assets/Department/Learning_Assistance_Center/College_Success_PDF/Y5-Studying_History.pdf
Test Preparation and Test Taking Strategies
Print this one off! It has a list of different kinds of essay questions for history exams. http://www.muskingum.edu/%7Ecal/database/content/history4.html
Studying for the Exam
Where do you start? Lecture notes? Textbooks? With friends? http://www.historyguide.org/guide/exam1a.html
History's Way of Knowing
Did you know that there are 5 guiding principles for learning history? If I knew these, it would sure make it easier to take notes! http://www.muskingum.edu/%7Ecal/database/content/history_hennings.html
Taking the Exam
Get the straight 9 step process here. This guide also has information on take-home exams. http://www.historyguide.org/guide/exam2a.html
Information Organization
There is so much to remember in history. How do I organize all this stuff so I can remember it? Take a look here at the spider maps or the flow charts or the matrices and lots more. Take your pick! http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/content/history2.html
Writing about History
Get detailed directions on "Asking a Good Historical Question; Or, How to Develop a Manageable Topic" http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/history
The Importance of Writing in History
Take a page out of history. http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/westernciv/writing/writing_in_history/writing_in_history.html
Finding Historical Primary Sources
What is a primary source? Where do I find on? How do I know if it is any good or not? http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/primarysources.html
The Writing of a History Essay Examination
Now from Canada, find out about the different types of questions and methods of how to answer them! http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/history-essays.html
Writing in History
What are the historian's expectations of you? http://writingcenter.unc.edu/resources/handouts-demos/writing-for-specific-fields/history
Writing in History Courses
How many kinds of writing are there in History, anyway? http://www.marquette.edu/wac/departmental/MarquetteUniversityWritinginHistoryCourses.shtml
Writing the Short Essay
Get a sample of a short essay question (which's not so short!) Then, find out how to write the answer to this one week assignment! http://www.historyguide.org/guide/essay1.html
The Research Paper
Includes overcoming writer's block and procrastination. http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/westernciv/writing/types_of_writing/research.html
Writing the Research Paper
Here is the introduction to a whole section of help, which includes: selecting a topic, off to the Internet, Choosing the Right Books, Taking Notes, Budgeting your Time and Writing the Essay. Also check out the sections on footnotes and bibliography. http://www.historyguide.org/guide/essay2.html
The Reaction or Response Paper
I did a research paper. Now what is this? http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/westernciv/writing/types_of_writing/reaction_response.html
Book Reviews
It's not like high school anymore. Here's a format to follow. http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/westernciv/writing/types_of_writing/book_reviews.html
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