The making history research project Sarah Richardson

overview What is the research project? Preparation Use of Primary Sources Secondary Literature Presentation of the Project Marking Criteria

What is the research project? A critical engagement with THREE primary sources Presented as a webpage on your e-portfolio: http://myportfolio.warwick.ac.uk 3,000 words including footnotes (or a video/podcast around 10-15 minutes) Should include a project outline/summary/abstract in which the intellectual aims of the project are set out; the main body of the project and a critical reflection

preparation Sign up for the workshops in the MRC Decide on the question you would like to discuss and the primary and secondary sources you need to provide a critical reflection Discuss these with your tutor (Dave Toulson also available for technical assistance)

Primary sources ARCHIVES Modern Records Centre has a wealth of material (manuscript, printed, photographs, images and ephemera) on aspects of labour and political history. Also contains BP Archive. The National Archives digital collections The Wellcome Library digital collections British Library digital collections

Primary sources KEY DIGITAL COLLECTIONS HELD BY WARWICK Texts: Historical Texts; Nineteenth-Century Pamphlets; Women Writers Online, 1400-1850 Newspapers, periodicals and other prints: The Times Digital Archive; The Guardian and Observer; British Library Nineteenth Century Newspapers; Daily Mail; John Johnson Collection of Early Ephemera; Nineteenth-century UK Periodicals; The Burney collection of newspapers Parliamentary: House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 1801-2003; Hansard All History Databases

Primary sources OTHER Personal archives – diaries, letters, ephemera Film Novels Biographies and memoirs NO LIMITATIONS – ANY PERIOD, ANY REGION, ANY TYPE OF PRIMARY SOURCE

Secondary sources Use module bibliographies for ideas Historical Abstracts Bibliography of British and Irish History

Some examples Women and political activism in Ireland Assessment of Thatcher Haig’s reputation Soviet cinema http://myportfolio.warwick.ac.uk/view/view.php?id=62739 (Women and political activism in Ireland, use of MRC plus online sources; presented as a webpage) http://myportfolio.warwick.ac.uk/view/view.php?id=62498 Assessment of Thatcher, using a wide variety of sources – quantitative, political legislation, speeches etc. Embedded videocast (5.49) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9U8O2c2Gz8&feature=youtu.be Presented on YouTube. Reputation of Haig – print and popular culture. http://myportfolio.warwick.ac.uk/view/view.php?mt=7WuKC6ponT4A8vXmQ2OP 0050 Soviet cinema

presentation May be text, images, podcast or videocast MUST INCLUDE: scans/screenshots of primary source material; short abstract and critical reflection; footnotes and bibliography; for oral presentations a list of references of works consulted Best projects used a question/problem as a title. This avoids too much description

Marking criteria 10% on the project outline; 65% on the main analysis of project; 25% on your reflection University/History marking criteria Your project will not necessarily be marked by your seminar tutor

Any questions?