I've deliberately not provided a direct link to the two articles in question because I want you to become good treasure hunters, and begin to think about how web navigation is designed. You'll notice a similarity between the Sourcebook and the class website.
Each Week's Work
Roger Williams University
History 203L
Dimensions of History
11:00-1150, W, W, F
CAS 228
Spring Semester, 2008
For Wednesday, January 23
General Introduction
I will pass out the syllabus for the course, introduce the course website and Blackboard, and start to learn who everyone is (and start you learning who everyone is, too), explain the class work and procedures and entertain any questions you may have.
For Friday, January 25
Before we begin our work in Davidson, I'd like to have you read a few things about the nature of reading and writing history. Click on the icon to the right, which will take you to the appropriate section of the Internet Medieval Source Book When there, locate the section on "uses of history". Follow the links to...Gerald W. Schlabach: A Sense of History: Some Components, and The Nature of History: A Debate between Marc Trachtenberg and James M. Banner, Jr., 1998 Download and print these two articles and bring them with you to class
The Nature of History
I'm curious as to what you will get out of these two essays with minimal direction from me. To prepare for class discussion, please write, in your own words, and in no more than one sentence each, the most important point each author makes. Note that there are three authors, here, not two. When you have your nine sentences indicate using some shorthand system of your own whether you agree or disagree with each point.
As the author of one of these pages suggests, the "10 Commandments" are worth looking, too. And when it comes time to write in this class, I'll remind you of them.
