So I wrote this book ( #EGWHE) for students on how to write history essays. http://kpantonova.com/research/essential-guide-to-writing-history-essays/

Here& #39;s">https://kpantonova.com/research/... why you should use it:
1. There& #39;s a chapter for every common genre of history essay, including response papers, exam essays (short answer IDs and long analytical essays), primary source essays, historiography and imaginative essays + research and thesis-type long research papers.
2. It& #39;s not the usual list of do& #39;s & don& #39;ts, as if the only reason students aren& #39;t writing clearly is that no one told them to "be clear." I use my training in composition studies to teach what clarity is & how to revise toward it, as well as all the other writing choices.
3. It covers research tools and methods and of course plagiarism, but instead of rules & links that go quickly out of date, it explains WHY citation practices are they way they are, how finding aids work, and how to navigate the constant changes.
4. It& #39;s about reading as much as it& #39;s about writing.

Yeah.
5. It contains all the quick-reference basics you need alongside theory and vocabulary of how history works, how historians think--and how all of that integrates into communicating clearly and convincingly in writing.
6. The book teaches writing as a practice of thinking and communicating critically. This goal, made more specific for each essay, drives all writing choices. I provide students with a rich toolbox to make their own choices to meet their goals & find their own voice.
7. There is also a companion website for instructors w/ FAQ, skeleton syllabi, exercises & rubrics. Instructors should not be reinventing the wheel w/ every course, especially not TAs & adjuncts who currently shoulder the bulk of this burden. https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780190271169/">https://global.oup.com/us/compan...
8. History is as much a writing field as literature, yet we too often can& #39;t fit writing into already packed courses &/or lack the training to do so well, while we bemoan student writing skills. I wrote this book because I needed it & nothing like it existed yet. Now it does.
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