Projects

This page is a curated collection of well-written, step-by-step guides for learning Modern History through hands-on, project-based practice.

What I cannot create, I do not understand — Richard Feynman.

These projects are meant to support learning throughout the curriculum, not only at the end.
By building, writing, creating, or reconstructing real artifacts in the field, learners develop practical understanding alongside theoretical study.

Tutorials

• Monograph
• Journal Article
• Biographical Study
• Oral History Collection
• Documentary Edition
• Narrative Synthesis
• Historiographical Essay
• Microhistory
• Transnational History
• Memory and Commemoration Analysis
• Digital History Archive
• Historical Atlas
• Comparative Historical Study

Write your own monograph

• A Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper (PDF guide)
• The Process of Writing History (Article with practical steps)

Write your own journal article

• Steps for Writing a History Paper (Step-by-step university guide)
• How to Write a History Research Paper (Detailed procedural outline)

Write your own biographical study

• How to Write a Biography: A 7-Step Guide (Step-by-step tutorial with template)
• Start Writing a Biography—in 10 Easy Steps (Practical numbered steps)

Conduct your own oral history collection

• How to Do Oral History (Smithsonian step-by-step instructions)
• Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History (Detailed planning and execution toolkit)
• Oral History Best Practices (Comprehensive procedural guidelines from the Oral History Association)

Compile your own documentary edition

• Guidelines for Preparing Historical Documents (Editorial standards and steps for documentary editing)

Construct your own narrative synthesis

• A Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper (Harvard guide emphasizing narrative construction from evidence)

Compose your own historiographical essay

• Seven Steps to Writing Historiography (Clear numbered steps from University of Guelph)
• How to Create a Historiography: Step-By-Step Creation (URI Libraries procedural breakdown)

Craft your own microhistory

• To See the World in a Grain of Sand: Reading and Writing Microhistories (PDF handbook with writing guidance)

Develop your own transnational history

• Writing Transnational History (Book focused on approach and parameters; preview available)

Analyze your own memory and commemoration project

• Analyzing and Creating Memorials (Lesson plan with analysis and creation steps)

Build your own digital history archive

• How to Create a Digital Archive (Three-step strategy guide)
• Personal digital archive toolkit (Step-by-step preservation and organization guide)

Create your own historical atlas

• Creating a Historical Map with GIS (Step-by-step georeferencing tutorial)

Undertake your own comparative historical study

• Steps for Writing a History Paper (Adaptable for comparative framing in research process)