Exams
History 3010 Exams
Exams will be made up of identification topics. You should write 2-3 paragraphs for each of 5 topics. Those 5 topics will be chosen randomly for you from the list of possible topics.
What is common to most identifications is the need to handle the basic "reportorial" questions: Who? What? When? Where? (Answers to these questions are usually presented in the first paragraph) Why (Historically) Significant? (Answer this question in 2-3 additional paragraphs.)
- Who is the person? What is the event? the place?
- What did the person do? What happened?
- When did the person do it? When did the event occur? Context?
- Where did the person do it?
- Why is it significant? What were the consequences? What does it matter for our own times?
- + How did the person do it?
In trying to identify the significance of a person, place, or thing, step back and look at the "big picture": what distinguishes the item from others of its class? why is it important enough to appear on a test?
Your essays should demonstrate that you have worked with the assigned materials.
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Exam One Covers materials from weeks 1-7 |
Exam Two covers materials from weeks 8-14 |
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