Question 1

A Web site cataloguing transcribed oral histories alongside archival musical material is called the _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Internet Archive 
B)  Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project 
C)  What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? 
D)  Hogan Jazz Archive 
A)  Internet Archive 
B)  Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project 
C)  What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? 
D)  Hogan Jazz Archive D

Question 2

Which type of source is a drawing of a disaster site created by an artist watching the event?

Accepted Answer

A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary 
A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary A

Question 3

What are the steps required in creating historiography?

Accepted Answer

When creating a historiography, you follow many of the same steps as any research project. The steps can be outlined in the order below. It is important to note that when using primary sources, you must determine whether a document or artifact is authentic, and then determine the accuracy of the meaning in the material. Tertiary sources can be useful to help locate and verify secondary and primary sources.
1. Identify an idea, topic, or research question.
2. Conduct a background literature review.
3. Refine the research idea and questions.
4. Determine that historical methods will be the data-collection process.
5. Identify and locate primary and secondary data sources.
6. Evaluate the authenticity and accuracy of source materials.
7. Analyze the data and develop a narrative exposition of the findings.

Question 4

Why are oral histories so valuable?

Accepted Answer

Written history is most often controlled

Question 5

Researchers who use in-depth interviewing as one line of action paired with concepts of history to create a full account that extrapolates the author's motive is a technique called ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Construction of a life history 
B)  Historical research 
C)  Historiography 
D)  History 
A)  Construction of a life history 
B)  Historical research 
C)  Historiography 
D)  History

Question 6

What are the goals of historical research?

Accepted Answer

The main goal of historical research is

Question 7

A Web site that is home to the oral histories of women who served in the U.S. Army during World War II is called _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Internet Archive 
B)  Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project 
C)  What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? 
D)  Hogan Jazz Archive 
A)  Internet Archive 
B)  Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project 
C)  What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? 
D)  Hogan Jazz Archive

Question 8

Create a list of several questions of your own, or from the text that are examples of things a researcher should ask when determining if a source is valid. Provide a way that the researcher could answer that question.

Accepted Answer

The researcher can ask any questions lis

Question 9

Which term attempts to systematically recapture the complex nuances, the people, meanings, events, and ideas of the past that have shaped the present?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nostalgia 
B)  Historical research 
C)  Historiography 
D)  History 
A)  Nostalgia 
B)  Historical research 
C)  Historiography 
D)  History

Question 10

Why are most American students not introduced to historical methods of research and analysis?

Accepted Answer

There seems to be an assumption that stu

Question 11

What is a college student enrolled in a War and American History course at the university learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nostalgia 
B)  Historical research 
C)  Historiography 
D)  History 
A)  Nostalgia 
B)  Historical research 
C)  Historiography 
D)  History

Question 12

Which term is synonymous with the word past, and refers conceptually to facts and events of long ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nostalgia 
B)  Historical research 
C)  Historiography 
D)  History 
A)  Nostalgia 
B)  Historical research 
C)  Historiography 
D)  History

Question 13

Which kind of source is a journal article, or textbook?

Accepted Answer

A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary 
A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary

Question 14

Which kind of source is a combination of firsthand experiences, and writing created by people not present at the event that is compiled and distilled into a collection or anthology format?

Accepted Answer

A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary 
A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary

Question 15

Which type of source is a book of facts and knowledge trivia an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary 
A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary

Question 16

Define the three types of data sources that historical researchers can use.

Accepted Answer

Primary sources are oral or written test

Question 17

When a researcher investigates a document to determine if the author listed actually wrote it, or if the version is a counterfeit, this is an example of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  External criticism 
B)  Internal criticism 
C)  Plagiarism 
D)  Investigator detection 
A)  External criticism 
B)  Internal criticism 
C)  Plagiarism 
D)  Investigator detection

Question 18

Which kind of source is an oral or written testimony of an event created by a person who was not immediately present at the event?

Accepted Answer

A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary 
A)  Primary 
B)  Secondary 
C)  Tertiary 
D)  Quaternary

Question 19

When two men sold 60 volumes alleged to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler to the German magazine Stern, and were paid nearly $3 million for phony documents, this is an example of a failure to complete what process?

Accepted Answer

A)  External criticism 
B)  Internal criticism 
C)  Plagiarism 
D)  Investigator detection 
A)  External criticism 
B)  Internal criticism 
C)  Plagiarism 
D)  Investigator detection

Question 20

What is an oral history?

Accepted Answer

An oral history is the first kind of his

A Web site cataloguing transcribed oral histories alongside archival musical material is called the _______________.

Which type of source is a drawing of a disaster site created by an artist watching the event?

What are the steps required in creating historiography?

Why are oral histories so valuable?

Researchers who use in-depth interviewing as one line of action paired with concepts of history to create a full account that extrapolates the author's motive is a technique called ______________.

What are the goals of historical research?

A Web site that is home to the oral histories of women who served in the U.S. Army during World War II is called _______________.

Create a list of several questions of your own, or from the text that are examples of things a researcher should ask when determining if a source is valid. Provide a way that the researcher could answer that question.

Which term attempts to systematically recapture the complex nuances, the people, meanings, events, and ideas of the past that have shaped the present?

Why are most American students not introduced to historical methods of research and analysis?

What is a college student enrolled in a War and American History course at the university learning?

Which term is synonymous with the word past, and refers conceptually to facts and events of long ago?

Which kind of source is a journal article, or textbook?

Which kind of source is a combination of firsthand experiences, and writing created by people not present at the event that is compiled and distilled into a collection or anthology format?

Which type of source is a book of facts and knowledge trivia an example of?

Define the three types of data sources that historical researchers can use.

When a researcher investigates a document to determine if the author listed actually wrote it, or if the version is a counterfeit, this is an example of _____________.

Which kind of source is an oral or written testimony of an event created by a person who was not immediately present at the event?

When two men sold 60 volumes alleged to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler to the German magazine Stern, and were paid nearly $3 million for phony documents, this is an example of a failure to complete what process?

What is an oral history?

Introduction

Designing Qualitative Research

Ethical Issues

A Dramaturgical Look at Interviewing

Focus Group Interviewing

Ethnographic Field Strategies

Action Research

Unobtrusive Measures in Research

Case Studies

An Introduction to Content Analysis

Writing Research Papers: Sorting the Noodles from the Soup

Filters

Exam 9: Social Historical Research and Oral Traditions

A Web site cataloguing transcribed oral histories alongside archival musical material is called the _______________.

Which type of source is a drawing of a disaster site created by an artist watching the event?

What are the steps required in creating historiography?

Why are oral histories so valuable?

Researchers who use in-depth interviewing as one line of action paired with concepts of history to create a full account that extrapolates the author's motive is a technique called ______________.

What are the goals of historical research?

A Web site that is home to the oral histories of women who served in the U.S. Army during World War II is called _______________.

Create a list of several questions of your own, or from the text that are examples of things a researcher should ask when determining if a source is valid. Provide a way that the researcher could answer that question.

Which term attempts to systematically recapture the complex nuances, the people, meanings, events, and ideas of the past that have shaped the present?

Why are most American students not introduced to historical methods of research and analysis?

What is a college student enrolled in a War and American History course at the university learning?

Which term is synonymous with the word past, and refers conceptually to facts and events of long ago?

Which kind of source is a journal article, or textbook?

Which kind of source is a combination of firsthand experiences, and writing created by people not present at the event that is compiled and distilled into a collection or anthology format?

Which type of source is a book of facts and knowledge trivia an example of?

Define the three types of data sources that historical researchers can use.

When a researcher investigates a document to determine if the author listed actually wrote it, or if the version is a counterfeit, this is an example of _____________.

Which kind of source is an oral or written testimony of an event created by a person who was not immediately present at the event?

When two men sold 60 volumes alleged to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler to the German magazine Stern, and were paid nearly $3 million for phony documents, this is an example of a failure to complete what process?

What is an oral history?

Introduction

Designing Qualitative Research

Ethical Issues

A Dramaturgical Look at Interviewing

Focus Group Interviewing

Ethnographic Field Strategies

Action Research

Unobtrusive Measures in Research

Case Studies

An Introduction to Content Analysis

Writing Research Papers: Sorting the Noodles from the Soup

Filters