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History/EPQ: Skills & Insight – Asking Relevant & Significant Questions Workshop With Professor Becky Taylor From University of East Anglia
June 3 @ 13:30 - 14:15
In this History/EPQ session, Becky Taylor, Professor of Modern History at University of East Anglia, will run an interactive skills and insight workshop for students on Asking Relevant & Significant Questions.
How can we move beyond thinking about the ‘bias’ of sources? What kinds of questions do historians ask when they work with primary sources?
In this interactive session, Becky will use material from her own research to get students to think about the limitations and possibilities offered by different sources, and how to ask the right questions to get the most out of them.
This session is aimed at students seeking to build their skills to help them in their EPQ or History A Level, and to make them better historians.
During the session, Becky will refer to 3 sources. Please familiarise yourselves with these in advance of the session and please do print out a copy if you would like to make notes as we go.
Lecturer Profile: Professor Becky Taylor
Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home. There is no charge to take part.
As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but slides and other resources will be shared after the event, where available.
Suitable For: Aged 16+ pre-university students studying, or with a possible interest in studying, History, EPQ and related subjects. Student groups as well as students and teachers joining individually are very welcome.
Preparation/Pre-Reading: During the session, Becky will refer to 3 sources. Please familiarise yourselves with these in advance of the session and please do print out a copy if you would like to make notes as we go. Students may wish to consider the topic in advance and questions they have. Students can also think about questions about studying at university level.
The IT Setup: The event will be run on Zoom and participants will be able to join using laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. If you are joining as a school group, we recommend connecting with one device and projecting on to a whiteboard. You will be able to interact with the speaker via typed comments and questions and/or via a microphone. Full details will be sent to those who have registered (see below) prior to the event.
Booking a Place: This is free for schools and colleges. If you would like to take part in this event, please register your interest using the link to the registration form below: