World History
Dramatic History or Historical Drama? This is a thought provoking article which argues that historians should more active in shaping plays that deal with history.
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This article is meant to illustrate the difficulty that historians face in attracting students to their discipline and then holding their attention. Yet it is one of the ironies of this era that historical topics remain quite popular in a variety of genre from motion pictures to the theater. What I propose in this article is that historians with dramatic skills should find ways to write plays about historical subjects rather than leaving such tasks to dramatists who mainly use historical figures to attract attention to their plays. The final portion of the article describes the difficulties that historians have in using such an approach and the ways to overcome those difficulties.
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World History
Dramatic History or Historical Drama?
Dramatic History or Historical Drama? This is a thought provoking article which argues that historians should more active in shaping plays that deal with history.
From the site:
This article is meant to illustrate the difficulty that historians face in attracting students to their discipline and then holding their attention. Yet it is one of the ironies of this era that historical topics remain quite popular in a variety of genre from motion pictures to the theater. What I propose in this article is that historians with dramatic skills should find ways to write plays about historical subjects rather than leaving such tasks to dramatists who mainly use historical figures to attract attention to their plays. The final portion of the article describes the difficulties that historians have in using such an approach and the ways to overcome those difficulties.
- Can History Be Open Source? Wikipedia And The Future Of The Past
Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past. This article is from the Journal of American History, Volume 93, Number 1 (June, 2006): 117-46. It was written by Roy Rosenzweig. Obviously, this article deals with the coverage of history...
- Teaching Needham’s Puzzle - Fostering Historical Thinking
Teaching Needham?s Puzzle - Fostering Historical Thinking. In this article, the author shares his teaching experience with regard to Needham's Puzzle and introduces online resources and teaching materials. He points out two difficulties he encounters...
- Wikinfo - Primary Source
Primary source. This is an encyclopedia article from Wikinfo which explains what a primary source is. From the site: A primary historical source is any piece of information that was created by someone who witnessed first hand or was part of the...
- Historical Text Archive
Historical Text Archive This site features articles, books, and links for historical texts from several countries. From the site: Welcome to the Historical Text Archive ! The HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical...
- History Nerds Of The World Unite!
I've been enjoying this blog for the past few weeks or so. The women who write the blog are published authors of historical fiction (romance and novels, respectively). I have a passion for historical fiction myself, and so was drawn to...