History 2222 is a workshop in the art and craft of the historian.
My students engage in the big questions that have driven our discipline for thousands of years, and the challenges and opportunities we face today.
On our last day together they work in small teams to write a "rant," modelled after a famous Canadian beer commercial, about what it means to them to be historians.
Their final assignment is subtitled "On Being Neil deGrasse Tyson," and they have to write a blog post assessing both the accuracy and the sheer entertainment value of a movie, book, tv show, web series or video game that is set in a real time and place.
History 2222 is a workshop in the art and craft of the historian.
My students engage in the big questions that have driven our discipline for thousands of years, and the challenges and opportunities we face today.
On our last day together they work in small teams to write a "rant," modelled after a famous Canadian beer commercial, about what it means to them to be historians.
Their final assignment is subtitled "On Being Neil deGrasse Tyson," and they have to write a blog post assessing both the accuracy and the sheer entertainment value of a movie, book, tv show, web series or video game that is set in a real time and place.
(requires utterly deadpan presentation!)
I don’t memorize dates.
I am not boring.
History is not all long and boring papers.
It's not all war and battles.
We don’t just study great men.
We don’t hang out in museums for fun.
I am an interesting person.
I will find a job after university.
I always cite my sources, and I get excited when I get it right.
History is the best and oldest of all disciplines.
I am a historian.
So I’m a history major, you may ask - what are you going to do with that? - are you planning on going into Ed? I’m not a radical left wing I don’t plan on working at a museum Not all History is Ancien
I am a historian I do contribute to society, more than just research I do care about people I am not a know it all Tweed does not represent my fashion sense I am not a socially awkward nerd I have see
I am a historian, but I am not boring I like tequila Tuesdays and drinking beer I read more than documentaries and historical texts I study history for myself to prepare for what’s coming, to learn fr