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A database containing scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles
What is JSTOR?
The preferred citation style for historians
What is Chicago style?
Greek authors first distinguished between epic poems and real events
What is fact, what is fiction?
He said it: "Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it."
Who was Oscar Wilde?
The "Father of History" from the 5th century BC
Who was Herodotus?
You need to support your thesis by using plenty of these
What is a footnote?
No student has ever been downgraded for having too many of these
What are sources?
Greeks believed in this form of historical development
What is cyclical history?
This British historian said: “History is an unending dialogue between the present and the past.”
Who was E. H. Carr?
He wrote about the Peloponnesian War, intending his work to be 'a possession for all time'.
Who was Thucydides?
This constitutes the basis of your paper, your evidence.
What are primary sources?
Different interpretations on your subjects should be grouped into these
What are schools of thought?
Christianity shared this type of outlook on history with other religions
What is providential history?
He said: “History is an unending dialogue between the present and the past.”
Who was E.H. Carr?
During the Renaissance, Lorenzo Valla identified this important document as a forgery.
What was the Donation of Constantine?
Articles and books on your subject
What are secondary sources?
You need to insert a footnote if you have one of these in your text
What is a direct quote?
In America, Frederick Jackson Turner coined this influential thesis.
What was the Frontier thesis?
This German philospher and revolutionary stated: "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."
Who was Karl Marx?
In France, this famous writer and satirist started a new way of looking at history during the Enlightenment period.
Who was Voltaire?
Do not forget to include opposing viewpoints
What is a counter-argument?
Some footnotes show that you have used documents contained in special collections with this name.
What is an archive?
In the early 20th century, a group of French historians established a school of social history based on a new journal.
What was the Annales school?
This writer stated that history was "an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.”
Who was Ambrose Bierce?
This German historian wanted his colleagues to produce scientific history by going back into the archives.
Who was Leopold von Ranke?