Part 1: What does a historian do?^[1]

The answers are diverse. Visit the American Historical Association, “Career Resources” page and browse the following resources for our class discussion.

https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/why-study-history/careers-for-history-majors/what-can-you-do-with-that-history-degree

https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/april-2017/history-is-not-a-useless-major-fighting-myths-with-data

Listen 

to “Why Historians Study History” from the Doing History podcast (approximately 25 minutes)

Explore 

Drafting the Past Podcast episodes http://draftingthepast.com/category/podcast-episodes/

Read

“Why Become a Historian” American Historical Association