A Practical Guide to Studying History - Activities
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Activities

Take your learning to the next level and develop a deep understanding by bringing each chapter to life.

These guides set out plans for teaching sessions or self-directed activities that can accompany different chapters of A Practical Guide to Studying History (second edition).

Each activity guide explains the context and aims of the session, any preparation that is needed, and a description of the activity (with timings).

While mainly directed at tutors, the guides can also be used by students to extend their knowledge and understanding of particular topics.

1. Activism

2. Beyond Text: Objects as Historical Sources

3. Decolonizing History

4. Doing History in a Digital World

5. Evidence and Interpretation

6. Exhibiting History

7. Historical Research for Undergraduates

8. History and Heritage

9. History and Policy

10. History in Schools

11. Identities

12. Making the Transition to University

13. Nations

14. Periodization

15. Reading and Writing History

16. Sexualities

17. Sources for Essays

18. Taking History into the World

19. Using Primary Sources

20. What is Historiography

21. Archives 

22. Choosing Modules: Risks and Rewards