So you have an idea of the history you want to unearth. What’s next? It’s time to do some digging! Research can feel intimidating sometimes, particularly when you’re trying to find images, quotes, and film clips worthy of appearing in your movie. But, before you can create your documentary, you need to become an expert
Here’s where things get creative! You have your historical argument and the sources you are using as evidence. Now you get to decide how you tell your story. There’s no one way to make your documentary. If 10 different students read the exact same secondary sources and used the exact same primary sources as you,
When it comes to telling the stories of history, analysis is a fancy way of saying it’s time to use your research to figure out the story you want to tell. So far you’ve decided on a topic, come up with your question, and found a whole lot of information that might just help you
Before you can start crafting your documentary, you need to decide what story you want to tell. You might feel stumped because you have no idea what story you would ever find interesting enough to devote all this time. Or maybe you’re stumped because you have too many stories you want to explore. Either way,
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