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Snippet from a Methods Handout

Snippet from a Dickinson College historical methods Handout

All handouts downloaded from this site are free to use for educational purposes.  If you would like a template to customize for your own classroom, please contact Matthew Pinsker pinskerm@dickinson.edu

Methods Handouts

  • How to READ Like a Historian
  • How to Frame a Question
  • How to Use Quotations
  • How to Use Footnotes
  • How to Write a Thesis Statement

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Matthew Pinsker
Pohanka Chair for Civil War History
Director, House Divided Project
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
hdivided@dickinson.edu

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