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How to Use Examples to Evaluate Scholarship

In preparation for my summer graduate seminar, I’ve posted a page on “How to Use Examples to Evaluate Scholarship.” Comments appreciated.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged examples, graduate, reading, responses on May 14, 2013 by Zachary Schrag.
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Thesis Statements: History

UCLA’s advice on thesis statements for history papers.

April 2, 2013

Look for the unstated agenda

I have tweaked my Examples of Critical Reading, listing “the source is advancing an unstated agenda” in place of “the source is advancing an agenda.” I encourage students to look for messages not explicitly stated, but I fear that “hidden agenda” is too loaded a term.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged website updates on April 1, 2013 by Zachary Schrag.

Critical Reading Moves

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My page on Examples of Critical Reading lists several techniques used by historians to read primary sources critically. I have posted a one-page list of those techniques, which I have found useful in the classroom.

[Update, 1 April 2013: I have changed the handout to read "unstated agenda," not just agenda.]

This entry was posted in pedagogy, website updates on March 25, 2013 by Zachary Schrag.

Why Is My Prof Annoyed With Me? Expectations for Classroom Presence

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Why Is My Prof Annoyed With Me? Expectations for Classroom Presence. Sound advice from Professor Rhonda Ragsdale.

This entry was posted in pedagogy on February 17, 2013 by Zachary Schrag.

My Kind of Audiobook

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I recently finished listening to the unabridged audiobook version of The Second Red Scare and the Unmaking of the New Deal Left by Landon R. Y. Storrs. Not only was the book informative and persuasive, but it may herald a new kind of audiobook offering.
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This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged audiobooks, books on February 10, 2013 by Zachary Schrag.

Outlining in Reverse – NYTimes.com

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Outlining in Reverse – NYTimes.com. Works for nonfiction too!

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged writing on February 2, 2013 by Zachary Schrag.

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  • About
  • Argument
    • A Thesis Statement Template
    • Dialectical Thesis Statements
    • Elements of a Thesis Statement
  • Exams
    • How to Take an Exam
    • The Comprehensive Exam
  • External Links
  • Format
    • Pre-Submission Checklist
    • Style Guidelines
  • How to Use Examples to Evaluate Scholarship
  • Miscellaneous
    • Boilerplate for George Mason University courses
    • Grading Standards
    • Syllabus Archive
    • The Wealth of Nature: The Stage Version
    • Washington, D.C.: Spelling, Punctuation, and Capitalization
    • When Thomas Takes His Pen
  • Organization
    • How to Write an Essay
    • The Anatomy of a Ten-Page Paper
    • Topic Sentences
  • Reading
    • A History Professor’s Guide to Audible.com
    • A Layperson’s Reading List in American History
    • How to Read a History Book
    • How to Write a Reading Response
    • How to Write a Review
    • Reverse Engineering for Historians
  • Research
    • Critical Reading
    • Examples of Critical Reading
    • How to Read a Primary Source
    • How to Research a History Paper
    • Image Analysis

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This site is maintained by Zachary M. Schrag, Professor of History at George Mason University. While its advice is designed primarily for undergraduate and graduate students of United States history, I hope it will prove useful to all those who wish to study history and related disciplines. This material was formerly posted at www.schrag.info and was moved to this domain in the summer of 2010. The views expressed here are my own and may not reflect those of George Mason University.

Please use this site for the most recent versions. Except where noted otherwise, all original material on this site is copyright © 2002-2012 Zachary M. Schrag. It may be used for non-commercial personal and educational purposes provided it is attributed to Zachary M. Schrag.

If you are an educator who finds this site useful for classroom teaching, I would appreciate your sending me a note at zach (at) zacharyschrag.com telling me how you are using it and how it might be improved. Please do not use this address for the public business of George Mason University.

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