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Lendol Calder and Sam Wineburg on historical thinking and why it matters
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Uncoverage
Lendol Calder on rethinking how we teach the history survey
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Narrative
Adrian Goldsworthy on history, fiction, and the perils of storytelling
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Intellectual Humility and the “Internet of Us”
Michael P. Lynch on knowing more, understanding less, and why humility matters
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The Story Paradox
Jonathan Gottschall on how stories unite—and divide—human societies
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Doing the Research
Alexander Mikaberidze on evidence, sources, and the historian’s craft
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The Chicken and the Egg
Pamela Crossley and Suzanne Marchand on change and causality in history
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A Brave and Cunning Prince
James Horn on Opechancanough, Jamestown, and following the evidence wherever it leads
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Let Me Put That Into Context
David Staley on the importance of background
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Multiple Perspectives
Lorri Glover and Robert Elder on the value of multiple perspectives for history and thinking historically
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Just a Few Questions
William Caferro on asking historical questions and crafting a thesis
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The Saint, the Count, and Sourcing
Learning to read like a historian through the most “unnatural” of historical thinking skills, with Leah Shopkow
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