Prompt: Historical Objectivity

Writing AssignmentJ. Pulido Prompt: Historical Objectivity In 2 pages, please provide a written response on the concept of historical objectivity. In order to complete this assignment, you must watch the video recording of the lecture we went over regarding this content in your Canvas under Historical Objectivity. In that lecture, we went over each item that is needed to write this paper. This paper must be written in your own words, solely based on the Historical Objectivity video Zoom lecture. Any use of outside material will automatically furnish a zero for your essay. In writing your paper, please respond to the following 4 sections of questions. IMPORTANT: Paragraphs 1 and 2, must be answered in Page One of this writing assignment. Paragraphs 3 and 4 must be answered in Page Two of this writing assignment. PAGE ONE Paragraph 1: What does it mean to be objective and why is it important for historians to have a probationary period before they accept new information/ideas? Paragraph 2 What is Edward Hallet Carr referring to that the facts of history never come to us pure, since they do not and cannot exist in pure form: they are always refracted through the mind of the recorder. In other words, why does historical information and evidence bend and change when it enters our minds? PAGE TWO Paragraph 3 According to Peter Novick, what type of attitude must we have to be willing to abandon our understanding of a situation when new and valid evidence is introduced that contradicts our original evaluation? Why is it so difficult for us humans to change our minds when new facts contradict our previous belief/interpretation? Paragraph 4 In referring to our class discussion of John Toshs requirements for historical objectivity, what type of attitude does one need to have in order to be willing to amass as many pieces of evidence as possible from a wide range of sources? Style For this assignment, you may choose which writing style you want to use i.e. MLA, Turabian, etc. However, whichever writing style you use, please be consistent. Mechanics Please use Times New Roman, 12 pt. font. Double-space. Citations This paper needs to be written in your own words. You are required to use the information from the class Zoom lecture Historical Objectivity to complete this writing assignment. Specifically, you are required to use quotes from the in-class lecture to show evidence that your essay is based on the in-class Historical Objectivity video. When you quote from the in-class Zoom video lecture material, please use the following format for citation: Joseph Pulido, Historical Objectivity, Zoom Lecture. Bibliography Requirement Moreover, you need to include Edward Hallet Carr, John Tosh, and Peter Novick as sources since the essay prompt asks you to respond to their quotes. You are required to use the information found in the Zoom lecture video for this writing assignment on historical objectivity. Please do not use any other outside sources to write this paper. You will receive a zero if you use any outside sources to write this essay. All the information required to write this paper is located in the Zoom lecture Historical Objectivity. This assignment is an exercise to improve students ability to listen to a lecture and provide a written response in the students own words based on the lecture video. Again, please make sure to include a works cites/bibliography page at the end of your paper listing Carr, Tosh, and Novick.. For the Carr, Tosh, and Novick quotes, you do not have to provide the entire bibliography details. For example, the following will suffice: Tosh, John. Historical Objectivity, In-class lecture. Please use this style for the Carr and Novick quotes as well. Your works cited/bibliography page is in addition to your 2-page paper requirement.