The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays by Katherine Pickering Antonova

Author:Katherine Pickering Antonova
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: History, Teaching Methods & Materials, Education, Vocational, General
ISBN: 9780190271169
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-02-14T21:00:00+00:00

7.4. Brainstorming: What to Know or Invent

Brainstorming for an imaginative project is much like brainstorming for a traditional assignment. You still need to reason from evidence. Your readings inform the possible, likely, and interesting details you can use to show the how and why behind changes in the past. Think strategically about what you need to show, find accurate details from readings, and then invent a scenario to demonstrate those facts and ideas. Use the questions historians ask and especially the list of ways historical identity can affect people’s behavior and ideas in section 3.1 to help you brainstorm.

Start with what you want your character to demonstrate. What are the historical issues involved in your assignment? Is it about social mobility? Then you want a character that moves from one social class to another. What are the ways and reasons this could happen? Is your assignment about political ideas? What were different kinds of people were likely to believe and what motivated those beliefs? Try brainstorming a list of questions that your class has been discussing and then add ways characters or situations could help to answer them.

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