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High School History Recap#12 Interrogating the MAIN causes of WWI with Michael NeibergMichael joins us again to challenge some widely held beliefs about the causes of WWI. The long-term causes of World War One are often conveniently taught using the acronym MAIN, which stands for militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. It is often argued that the presence of these ingredients in Europe made the First World War inevitable, or to use a term Michael taught us, overdetermined. But by looking at each one of these factors, we learn that this is not necessarily the case. In fact, militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism might have only really come to...2022-03-2835 minHigh School History Recap#19 D-Day - Operation Overlord with Michael NeibergIn this episode, Colin is joined once again by the American military historian, Michael Neiberg. This time they discuss a little thing called D-Day a.k.a. the Normandy Invasion a.k.a. Operation Overlord. Operation Overlord is one of the largest operations in military history and in this discussion Michael and Colin delve into not only the events of June 6th, 1944, but also the logistical challenges faced by Dwight Eisenhower and his team of planners, French involvement in the operation, as well as the living legacy left on the beaches. So if you know a few things...2021-07-2737 minHigh School History Recap#4 The Treaty of Versailles with Michael NeibergIn this episode of HSHR, Colin speaks to American military historian and Chair of War Studies at the US Army War College, Michael Neiberg. Michael specialises in 20th-century military history and has written numerous award-winning books including the acclaimed 2018 The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History. So it seemed only appropriate that the topic for discussion would be the post-World War I negotiations. The episode delves into the challenges faced by especially the European powers following the carnage and destruction of World War I, and how the leaders involved attempted to deal with the issues. The majority of...2021-01-3042 minHigh School History Recap#43 Historical Knowledge SkillsIn this episode, Michael and I discuss historical knowledge skills. Michael is the creator of the historyskills.com website which contains excellent lessons for the history classroom. History knowledge skills include chronology, change and continuity, causes and consequences, significance, and motives and historical empathy. It's vital for history students to understand these very important knowledge skills, which are often central to assessments. Be sure to listen to the other two episodes on source criticism and research as well. Follow History Skills on twitter @HistorySkills. You are welcome to send suggestions and questions to @WilliamHPalk or @C_duPlessis....2020-07-0339 minHigh School History Recap#39 History Skills: Doing ResearchHistory Skills creator, Michael Cocks, joins me again - this time to discuss researching skills. He talks us through the process of doing research in the history class. His easy-to-follow process includes nine steps, from formulating a very specific key question, doing some background reading, constructing sub-questions, selecting appropriate sources, organizing quotes into topic sentences, to writing and proofreading the final draft. These research skills will definitely prove valuable; not only in the history class, but in other spheres of life as well. Please visit the History Skills website for more excellent lessons and content for the history classroom. ...2020-06-2543 minHigh School History Recap#27 History Skills: Source Analysis and EvaluationIn this episode, Michael Cocks of History Skills joins us again to discuss source criticism. He shares a very valuable tool with us to help do source analysis: IOP CAM. First you consider the information in the source, then the origin, then the perspective, then the context, then the audience and lastly motive. Michael applies these skills to the stele (stone monument) of Egyptian pharaoh, Senusret III. We also look at source evaluation, i.e. to determine the usefulness and reliability of historical sources. We end of with another example: this time a photograph taken in no man's land...2020-05-2735 minHigh School History Recap#16 History Skills with Michael CocksIn this episode we have a discussion with a high school history teacher from Australia. Michael Cocks is the creator of the very helpful History Skills website. We find out what inspired him to become a history teacher. He gives us some background on how history as a subject is structured in his country. Michael introduces us to his history skills categories of historical knowledge, researching, source criticism and essay writing. The idea is to explore these categories in more depth in later podcasts. We also look at what makes history a valuable subject to learn. This is really...2020-05-0840 min