Senior Seminar
History 411, Fall 2002
Senior Seminar
History 411, Fall 2002
Some Helpful Internet Sites on Citation
Practice and Turabian:
http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/turabian.html
http://www.fsu.edu/~library/guides/chicago.html
http://juno.concordia.ca/faqs/turabian.html
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~instruct/guides/turabian.html
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm
Some Information on how to cite Internet Sources:
Citing Electronic Sources
Note:
1. Jane Foe, “New History Strategies,”
Witt History Journal, 1 January 2000 [journal online]; available from http://www.wittenberg.edu/history/journal;
Internet; accessed 15 January 2000.
To help facilitate a better understanding
of historiography and how you should go about crafting the
historiographical portion of your
paper, you can look at three excellent examples of historiographical
analysis by three of your classmates.
Alaina
Carroll's analysis of the historiography of the Pre Modern Family
Eric Cusick's
analysis of the historiography of the Doolittle Raid
Mandy Oleson's analysis of the Austrian
Initiative
Office Hours: TT 9:00-9:30; 2:00-3:00 and by
appointment
Syllabus
Week 1: We will begin the course by planning out the semester and start discussion of some of the key issues surrounding the study of history.
August
27 Creating the Course
What we need to do: dates for the
Historian's forum and Conference
Assignments and evaluation
Who are these historians anyway? Assignment
What is plagiarism?
August
29 What is History?
Tosh, Chapters 1 and 2; Duby, Chapters 1-3
Report on Historians
Questions
for Discussion and Assignment
Week 2: This week discussion will focus on how historians go about constructing history. The use of primary sources and the different schools of historical interpretation will be our topics for consideration.
September 3
History and Sources
Tosh, Chapters 3 and 4; Duby, Chapters 4-6
Know your top five choices for the historian
List of historians
Questions
for Discussion and Assignment
September 5
Theories and Interpretation
Tosh, Chapters 5 and 6; Duby, Chapters 7-10
Historian Assignment
Week 3: What are the limits of historical knowledge? How would different historians or schools of historical interpretation respond to this question? The focus this week will be delineating differing approaches to the past.
September 10
The Limits of History and Theory
Tosh, Chapters 7 and 8; Duby, Chapters 15-17
September 12
Differing Approaches to Understanding the Past
Tosh, Chapters 9, 10, and 11
Week 4: What is the philosophy of history? This week we will focus on this issue. Students should come to their own understanding of the philosophy of history and start to prepare their historian's position for the Historians' Forum.
September 17 The Philosophy of History: Roundtable Discussion
Questions
for Discussion
Questions
on Tosh
September 19 Practice for Forum
Questions
for Discussion
Instructions
for Forum
List
of Terms for Discussion
Week 5: This is the week of the Historians' Forum. Students should spend time preparing for the forum.
September 23 Last day to submit drafts of Historian Paper
September 24
No Class, but I'll be available for conferences. Please sign up in
advance
Assignment
September 26
Historians' Forum
Instructions
Questions
for Forum
List of Terms
September 27
Historian Paper due by 3:00 p.m.
Instructions
for Turning in Paper
Week 6: We begin the second phase of the course: the researching and writing of the term paper. Students should meet with the instructor to report on their progress. Initial reports on the research project will take place in class on Thursday, October 3.
October 1
Required Conference on research project-- Please sign up for a time
on the sheet posted
to my door
October 3
Our Paper Topics: Initial Report to the class.
Guidelines
for Presentations
Week 7: This week we will focus on the various steps in the research process. Please consult class handouts for guidance and for questions.
October 8
Initial Reports on Paper Topics, part deux
for guidance, consult Guidelines
for Presentations
Steps in the Research Process:
Putting together a Research
Paper
October 10
Designing a Research Plan
Guidelines for a Research Design
Please have a copy of a research design prepared for class for peer editing
Week 8: Consideration of the mechanics of putting together a research paper will continue to be our focus this week.
October 15
Putting Together a Research Paper
Research Plan is due
October 17 No Class -- work on your research papers
Week 9: The focus this week will be on discussing historiography and what role it should play in your paper.
October 22 Fall Break
October 24
Historiography: What is it and why is it important to our term paper?
Assignment
Week 10: Class time will be devoted to discussing particular problems or challenges students are facing with their research papers. We will also continue our discussion of historiography
October 29
Progress Report: Problems, Challenges and Successes?
Two copies of annotated bibliography are due
October 31 Happy Halloween!! No class -- work on your papers
Week 11: By this point of the term, your research papers should begin coming together. We will spend time in class working on outlines.
November 5
Outlines: Peer Assitance
Please bring a copy of your outline to class for peer editing and
discussion. A revised outline
should be turned in by 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 6. You can either
put the outline in
my mailbox in 302 Hollenbeck Hall or put it in the History 411 envelope
on my office door.
November 6
9: 00 a.m. Last day to submit drafts of the historiographical section
of your paper.
If you are going to submit a draft, please let me know in advance
how I will receive the paper,
i.e. email, in my mailbox, or on my door. The 9:00 a.m. deadline is final.
Papers received
after this point will not be read.
Please note this is a complete and formal draft of the historiography
section. Your draft
should contain proper citations and have a bibliography attached to it.
You will need to
turn in the corrected draft with your final draft of the historiography
section due on
November 12.
November 7
All Hail Queen KateTurabian
Please bring a copy of your bibliography, your working draft of your
paper so we can check
footnotes, and a copy of Turabian. We will work on specific problems and
questions
concerning citations and other mechanics.
Week 12: We will spend time this week reminding ourselves why we love history and what drew us to history in the first place.
November 12
Do we still love history? Or, Why did I ever become a History Major?
Historiographical Portion of the Paper Due -- with bibliography AND
Copies of all of your sources!!!!
Please also remember the five strike rule. More than five simple spelling
or
grammatical errors in your paper will result in an ungraded paper. The
paper will be
returned to you and you will have until the next class period to fix the
errors in the
ENTIRE paper. You will be assessed a ten percent penalty.
November 14
Work on Drafts -- peer editing
To help facilitate a better understanding of historiography and
how you should go about
crafting the historiographical portion of your paper, you can look at three
excellent
examples of historiographical analysis by three of your classmates.
Alaina
Carroll's analysis of the historiography of the Pre Modern Family
Eric Cusick's
analysis of the historiography of the Doolittle Raid
Mandy Oleson's analysis of the Austrian
Initiative
Week 13: The deadline approaches....Class will be devoted to editing and revising your working draft of the paper.
November 19
Individual Conferences
Please sign up for a conference on the sheet posted to my office door.
Please also bear in
mind that missing a conference counts the same towards your attendance
as missing a
class. If you can't make the appointment, please call to reschedule.
November 21 Work on Drafts -- peer editing
Week 14: Turning the final draft of your research paper and eating turkey (or a vegetarian substitute).
Monday, November 25 Papers are due by 9:00 a.m. Remember to turn in two copies!!
Please remember the five strike rule: More than five simple spelling
or
grammatical errors in your paper will result in an ungraded paper. The
paper will be returned to you and you will have until the next class period
to
fix the errors in the ENTIRE paper. You will be assessed a ten percent
penalty.
Please also recall that a five strike rule also applies to errors in footnoting,
and bibliography. If you have more than five mistakes or don't follow the
form in Turabian, the paper will be returned to you. You will have until
the
next class period to fix the errors in the ENTIRE paper. You will be
assessed a ten point penalty.
Does this mean you could loose twenty percent of the grade on the paper
if you turn in a sloppily produced paper? YES!!!!
Week 15: This week we will spend time planning the conference which will take place on Sunday, December 8.
December 3
Planning the History 411 Conference
Guidelines for Presenting Your
Paper
History 411 Paper Topics
December 5 No Class -- Work on your presentations
Sunday, December
8, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., History 411 Conference, Ness Auditorium
Conference Presentation Evaluation
form
Week 16: That's all Folks!!
December 10 No Class
December 12
Social Get Together or Planning a Social Get Together