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History & Historical Writing

A general guide for History and Historical Writing

Lesson Plan

Helene Lafrance and Kelci Baughman McDowell created a fantastic research guide for the History & Historical Writing class taught by Greg Wigmore. I used resources from that guide for the following lesson plan. Greg liked my approach of giving students time to explore the different research options.

Class Activities

Enter the following information in this Padlet.

Column 1: subject headings you find searching OSCAR, LINK+, or WorldCat

Column 2: Subject terms you find searching America: History & Life

Column 3: Potential primary sources you find on your topic

Column 4: People, organizations, general ideas for future exploration