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Getting Started with Historical Research: Understanding Questions and Thesis Statements

This guide outlines the initial steps in conducting historical research, emphasizing the importance of formulating research questions and thesis statements. It discusses how well-constructed questions enable students to explore deeper issues of cause and effect, examine changes over time, and assess the impact of historical actions on future choices. By thinking like a historian, students can move beyond mere facts and engage with the complexities of historical narratives, paving the way for insightful analysis and meaningful conclusions.

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Getting Started with Historical Research: Understanding Questions and Thesis Statements

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  1. First Steps What is the first instruction you give to students in doing historical research?

  2. Questions and Thesis Statements

  3. Why Research Questions? • Purpose • Relationship withd thesis statements

  4. Questions and Thesis Statements

  5. Thinking Like a Historian, Wisconsin Historical Society

  6. Questions and Thesis Statements

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  9. Research questions • Good questions allow you to: • Go beyond the facts • Investigate issues of cause and effect • Examine change over time • Determine how past actions or decision affect future choices • Discuss impact in history

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