WR121 Fisher: Making history matter

For this option, you can select a historical event, and do research to inform your reader about its significance and why this historical event matters. Here's an example of how one writer took family history and did historical research: Filling the silences in family stories -- how to think like a historian to uncover your family's narrative. 

You are encouraged to select a topic that really interests you or relates to your own history. To get started on historical research, consider looking for information in:

• primary sources, such as letters, photographs, news coverage from the time of the event, or other documents written by people alive at the time of the event
• secondary sources including books and articles that analyze the historical event
• documentaries that can provide both primary sources and secondary analysis