Sophomores Cap First Year of Student Historian Project With Research Presentations
Six sophomores this month gave presentations to cap the first year of 麻豆视频鈥檚 Student Historian Project. Similar to the , SHP is an optional for-credit class available to sophomores on top of their existing academic curriculum. As part of SHP, students research a history topic of their choosing under the guidance of a faculty member. After completing their final research presentation, these students can choose to continue their research as juniors and seniors.
The six sophomores met regularly with the creators and moderators of SHP, Ms. Kaitlin Landrein and Ms. Kara Papp, to develop advanced research skills, formulate a topic of their choosing, and receive guidance on their capstone presentations.
鈥淲e want them to replicate what real historians do,鈥� says Ms. Papp. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e going to publications. They鈥檙e going to libraries. They鈥檙e using a variety of different articles, interviews, books, and of course a lot of primary sources if they were encouraged to look for them. This is something a bit more than what you would see in the traditional research paper like the ones we offer in sophomore and junior year.鈥�
This year鈥檚 projects included 鈥淭he Impact of U.S.-U.K. Intervention on the 1953 Iranian Coup,鈥� by Lionel Augustine 鈥�25; 鈥淭he Causes of the Russian Revolution,鈥� by John Bianco 鈥�25; 鈥淭he Impact of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution,鈥� by Sebastian Garcia 鈥�25; 鈥淭he Decline of Manichaeism in the Uyghurs,鈥� by Peter Grande 鈥�25; 鈥淭he Japanese Occupation of Korea,鈥� by Holden Nelson 鈥�25; and 鈥淭he Decline of the Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth,鈥� by Matthew Kushner 鈥�25.
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