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HIST 180 - Family Secrets, or How to Become an Online History Detective

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | 
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This course teaches students to become skilled “history detectives” as they explore a wide range of primary source documents available online (censuses, vital records, wills, deeds, military pensions, immigration records) and “interrogate” them to tell the history of their family or community. While the main focus is on the United States, we take side-trips to Canada, Britain, Ireland and beyond. We extend our searches over several centuries and see how different kinds of records have changed over time. We consider how “official” and “unofficial” records have addressed gender, family and community structure, definitions of race and disability, inclusion and exclusion.

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