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79-200: Historical Evidence and Interpretation

Units 12
Department History
Prerequisites None
Related URLs http://www.history.cmu.edu

"Historical Evidence and Interpretation" is a course designed to acquaint history majors and other students how historians really work. This course considers how historians practice their craft in interpreting great events. The emphasis is on learning to supplement standard secondary accounts of an event with primary sources such as memoirs, government documents, speeches, interviews, newspapers, maps, eye-witnesses and UN resolutions. Other unusual sources include poetry, music, film, satire, and political cartoons. The goal is for the student to develop a familiarity with the skills an historian uses to identify a research topic, make use of a wide array or sources, and present his or her findings in a proper scholarly fashion.

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Sections

Section Time Day Instructor(s) Location
A 12:30 pm – 01:20 pm MWF Eisenberg WEH 5328 Add
Section Time Day Instructor(s) Location
A 01:30 pm – 02:50 pm MW Eisenberg BH 237B

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