Certificate of Achievement
Mary Templeman Hogg - O'Rourke
has completed the following course:
Learning from the Past: A Guide for the Curious Researcher
The University of Nottingham and British Library
'"Learning from the Past" equipped learners with the skills they need to conduct historical research. It did so in two ways. First, by engaging learners in controversies about methods and approaches and offering them advice about practical aspects of research. And second, by encouraging them to think critically about the history of phenomena that are shaping the present.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dean Blackburn
Lecturer in Modern British History
The University of Nottingham
Professor Maiken Umbach
Professor of Modern History
The University of Nottingham
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Develop a research project on a topic of your choice
- Assess the relevant scholarship and existing research
- Collect and evaluate relevant primary sources from a variety of genres (written text, images/photos, oral history, recorded sound, web archive)
- Debate your research plan with educators and other learners, be inspired by their ideas
- Evaluate how history influences the contemporary world
Syllabus
Week 1 - Language and History
- Why does the past matter today?
- History as language – and how to crack the code….
- Reading critically
Week 2 - Images and Artefacts
- Photographs: A Window on the Past?
- Maps and Historical Images as Sources
- Finding Sources in Library Catalogues and Archives
Week 3 - Thinking Outside the Box…
- The impact of the present on understanding the past
- Sound Collections and Oral History
- Digital Sources & the Archived Web
- Plan your own research project
Issued on 17th January 2022
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