Research Strategies and Tools

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National History Day: A Guide to Using State and Local Resources

Exercises based on material © by Susan K. Donley,

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Consider the Source (How to understand and analyze your sources.) [pdf]
Oral History (Learn how to ask the right questions.) [pdf]
Interviewing an Artifact (How to tune in and listen to what an artifact is telling you.) [pdf]
Reading a Photograph (How to decipher a photograph.) [pdf]
Unlocking a Building (How to unlock clues hidden in building and structures.) [pdf]
Crunching the Numbers (How to peel away the hidden story in your data.) [pdf]