Historical+Thinking

Key ways of thinking historically, and about history

 * 1) ====Understanding History: The role of stories and analysis====
 * 2) ====The Plot Thins, or Are No Stories New? There are only a few basic stories, re-told over and over====
 * 3) ====An Argument Worth Having: The centrality in every discipline of understanding the key arguments in contention====
 * 4) ====Do We Live by Metaphors? How metaphors structure everyone's (also historians'!) perception and understanding====
 * 5) ====Pyramid Principle Background: How I learned the power of the pyramid approach, and its core principles====
 * 6) ====What is History?====
 * 7) ===="The Past" and History====
 * 8) ====The Role of Stories====
 * 9) ====[|Using Stories, and Analysis]====
 * 10) ====What is an Explanation in History, and a "Cause". ====
 * 11) ====The Role of Facts====
 * 12) ====[|Historical Analysis and Argumentation]====
 * 13) ====The Role of Groups and Communities====
 * 14) ====Do We Learn From History?====
 * 15) ====The Methods of History====
 * 16) ====Historiography====

Key steps in developing historical inquiries
–Framing a question –Research –Source evaluation –Analysis –Conclusion –Source citation