This included discussions about opposing viewpoints in both primary and secondary sources, motives, biases, and multiple interpretations of the facts. Rather than teaching students historical facts such as names, places, and dates, Dr.
Students were required to come to their own conclusions based on the evidence and to participate in student-led, instructor-moderated class discussions.
The primary course requirement was a research paper on a controversial historical person or subject of their choice, and also to deliver a class presentation on their research.
The freedom to choose their own topics permitted lower-division students to simply use a case study from After the Fact as a jumping off point if they desired, or, for the graduate student, to use the many tools introduced by Davidson and Lytle on their controversial topic of choice.
Longer paper length, an annotated bibliography, and greater depth of analysis were required for graduate students. No two students were permitted to write on an identical topic view point, thereby avoiding redundancy in class presentations and competition for library resources, and a research topic sign-up sheet operating on a first-come first-serve basis was utilized. For presentations, a document cam a. Class discussions and presentations were interesting and lively since it was not uncommon to have students defending opposing positions on a particular topic.
Students found the research interesting since they were free to choose topics that were of interest to them or that were relevant to their own lives or family history.
And although the chapters move chronologically through American history, the authors teach readers a variety of impartial analytical approaches and address the universal challenges involved in using films, memoirs, and oral interviews as historical sources.
Thus the material is applicable to other genres of history. This is also true of the chapters using the study of material possessions, ecological data, and psychohistory as interpretive tools. With the edition of After the Fact and its accompanying supplemental resources, Davidson and Lytle have created an updated, interactive, and highly versatile tool for the study of history that, fortunately or unfortunately, makes the typical high school or lower-division college history textbook look even more boring than it previously did.
Scholastica website]. You must be logged in to post a comment. Like this: Like Loading The type of documentary evidence that images such as engravings and paintings can provide is explained using early portraits of Native Americans as an example. The authors use John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry in the s as an example to show how psychological methods might reveal the motivations and actions of historical figures.
The final example from the 19th century is the narratives of former slaves gathered in the early 20th century, which demonstrate some of the issues inherent in oral history.
The 20th century provides the authors with examples of how to examine legal processes using the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were executed for murder. They also look at the former Louisiana senator Huey Long to provide an example of how the theory that "great men" change history can be used. Historical models are demonstrated in application to the bureaucratic decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan at the end of World War II.
In the final chapter, the authors look at the account of two reporters on the final days of Richard Nixon's presidency. They apply some of the historical techniques they describe to an analysis of the report and use it as an example of how all of these tools can be used together by the historian to more fully understand the causes and lasting effects of historical events.
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Pricing subject to change at any time. James West Davidson received his B. A historian who has pursued a full-time writing career, he is the author of numerous books, among them After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection with Mark H.
Wells and the Reconstruction of Race. Mark H. Lytle received his Ph. He is co-editor of a joint issue of the journals of Diplomatic History and Environmental History dedicated to the field of environmental diplomacy.
After completing your transaction, you can access your course using the section url supplied by your instructor. Skip to main content x Sign In. In dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history, this best-selling book examines a broad variety of topics including oral evidence, photographs, ecological data, films and television programs, church and town records, census data, and novels.
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