oral-history
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Historical argumentation, evidence-based writing, and oral history methods. Covers thesis development for historical arguments, evidence selection and deployment, counterargument construction and rebuttal, historical writing conventions, and the methodology of oral history as both source and practice. Use when constructing historical arguments, writing analytical essays, conducting oral history interviews, or assessing the quality of historical writing.
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