What Is History? Why Study History?
Read
Katherine Pickering Antonova, The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays (Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2020): chapter 3, “What Is History?” (pp. 30-50).
Patrick Iber, “History in the Age of Fake News,” Chronicle of Higher Education, 22 July 2018.
View
Infographics on “Becoming Historians” and “What Is Historical Thinking?” Source: Jennifer Hart, “History Methods,” August 17, 2020.


Watch
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story,” TEDGlobal 2009 (18 minutes)
Laura McEnaney AHA Welcome Video (3:45 minutes)
