Three Professors and a Primary Source - Historians Modeling the Historical Thinking Process
What happens when three history professors encounter a mysterious historical source? Dr. Karin Zipf (History) and Dr. Allen Guidry (History Education) asked this question in their attempts to better prepare pre-service History Education majors for their teaching careers and the answer can be found in the video series below. This video is the first of four episodes in the series: "Three Professors and a Primary Source." Episode 1, "Introducing the Historian's Toolkit" demonstrates the method and process of understanding a historical source. Here, three history professors engage in friendly and scholarly debate about the meaning of a historical speech upon their first reading of it during this exercise. Episode 1 guides students of history through this important process and demystifies the process of reading, interpreting and analyzing a historical source.
Thanks to Dr. John Tucker, Dr. Todd Bennett, and Dr. Ken Wilburn for their participation in this exercise. Also, thanks to Dr. Chad Ross, Videographer Robert Passell, and the 2013-2014 TQP team at the College of Education, East Carolina University.
Thanks to Dr. John Tucker, Dr. Todd Bennett, and Dr. Ken Wilburn for their participation in this exercise. Also, thanks to Dr. Chad Ross, Videographer Robert Passell, and the 2013-2014 TQP team at the College of Education, East Carolina University.
This episode is the second installment in the series, "Three Professors and a Primary Source." This episode, "Authorship," examines the first (of six) interrogatory question from the Historian's Toolkit. Here, three history professors engage in a friendly and scholarly discussion about Robert Penn Warren, author of "New Dawn," a poem that appeared in the 1983 edition of John Hersey's famous text, HIROSHIMA. Episode 2 guides students through the critical process of identifying authorship.
Thanks to Dr. Richard Hernandez, Dr. Gerry Prokopowicz, and Dr. Chad Ross for their participation in this exercise. Also, thanks to Dr. Chad Ross, Videographer Robert Passell, Ralph Scott, The Special Collections Library, the Department of History and the 2013-2014 TQP team at the College of Education, all at East Carolina University.
Thanks to Dr. Richard Hernandez, Dr. Gerry Prokopowicz, and Dr. Chad Ross for their participation in this exercise. Also, thanks to Dr. Chad Ross, Videographer Robert Passell, Ralph Scott, The Special Collections Library, the Department of History and the 2013-2014 TQP team at the College of Education, all at East Carolina University.
This episode is the third installment in the series, "Three Professors and a Primary Source." This episode, "Dating a Document," examines the second (of six) interrogatory questions from the Historian's Toolkit. Here, three history professors engage in a friendly and scholarly discussion about Robert Penn Warren, author of "New Dawn," a poem that appeared in the 1983 edition of John Hersey's famous text, HIROSHIMA. Episode 3 guides students through the critical process of identifying and contextualizing the date of a document's origin.
Thanks to Dr. Richard Hernandez, Dr. Gerry Prokopowicz, and Dr. Chad Ross for their participation in this exercise. Also, thanks to Dr. Chad Ross, Videographer Robert Passell, Ralph Scott, The Special Collections Library, the Department of History and the 2013-2014 TQP team at the College of Education, all at East Carolina University.
Thanks to Dr. Richard Hernandez, Dr. Gerry Prokopowicz, and Dr. Chad Ross for their participation in this exercise. Also, thanks to Dr. Chad Ross, Videographer Robert Passell, Ralph Scott, The Special Collections Library, the Department of History and the 2013-2014 TQP team at the College of Education, all at East Carolina University.
This episode is the fourth installment in the series, "Three Professors and a Primary Source." This episode, "Analysis," demonstrates how historians use the knowledge gained by answering the first six interrogatories posed in the first three episodes. By the process of analysis, the historians use the facts (or elements) gained from the source and apply those facts to a higher level of thinking. Analysis is the process of examining all of the elements of the source and interpreting meaning from them. Those meanings may be personal, political, psychological and/or cultural, and historians do not always agree on each point. Most important, the process of analysis allows the historians to use a source in order to better understand the most complex issues besetting our past and present day. Here, three history professors engage in an analytical discussion about Robert Penn Warren, author of "New Dawn," a poem that appeared in the 1983 edition of John Hersey's famous text, HIROSHIMA.
Thanks to Dr. Richard Hernandez, Dr. Gerry Prokopowicz, and Dr. Chad Ross for their participation in this exercise. Also, thanks to Dr. Chad Ross, Videographer Robert Passell, Ralph Scott, The Special Collections Library, the Department of History and the 2013-2014 TQP team at the College of Education, all at East Carolina University.
Thanks to Dr. Richard Hernandez, Dr. Gerry Prokopowicz, and Dr. Chad Ross for their participation in this exercise. Also, thanks to Dr. Chad Ross, Videographer Robert Passell, Ralph Scott, The Special Collections Library, the Department of History and the 2013-2014 TQP team at the College of Education, all at East Carolina University.