Web Resources for History and Classics Students

http://www.historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/~/media/history/MainPage/GuideEssays.pdf
The official essay writing guide for U of A's Department of History and Classics, containing short suggestions for the major components of the writing process and the history paper itself.

http://www.historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/~/media/history/MainPage/GuideBookReviews.pdf
The official book review writing guide for U of A's Department of History and Classics, which includes useful questions to ask while reading the book and tips for organising your assignment.

The Writing Process

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/classics/parts.html
Guidelines for writing a paper in a Classics class.

http://www.queensu.ca/classics/essays.html
Essay guidelines with advice on topics and argumentation, formatting and style and on-line resources for essays in Classics and grammar.

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/history/undergraduate/essays.html
A very brief introduction to the process of writing undergraduate history papers.

http://history.rutgers.edu/component/content/article/52/106-writing-historical-essays-a-guide-for-undergraduates
Writing Historical Essays: A Guide for Undergraduates.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/soc_sciences/history.shtml
A good introduction to the unique purposes and general kinds of history writing. Also included are a few tips for pre-writing and writing.

http://history.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=147
An introduction to undergraduate history writing that emphasises the importance of developing a thesis and supporting it with evidence and contextualisation.

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/history/
A candid introduction to the study of history and the expectations of history professors, along with brief descriptions of common writing assignments and a detailed step-by-step plan for writing a history assignment.

http://www.wm.edu/as/history/undergraduateprogram/historywritingresourcecenter/handouts/index.php
A collection of short to medium-length history writing tips, including a very complete step-by-step guide to writing a history paper, advice on generating interesting introductions, and great tips on improving concision.

http://hist.ucalgary.ca/sites/hist.ucalgary.ca/files/EssayHandbook.pdf
A well-balanced guide to the pre-writing and writing processes with a focus on the purposes of a history paper's characteristics and sections, especially regarding the paper's audience.

http://www.bowdoin.edu/writing-guides/
A complete guide to writing in history, which contains easily navigated subsections on finding, analysing, and integrating sources; constructing historical arguments; organising papers effectively; and crafting an appropriate writing style.

http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/writingguide/00intro.htm
A complete collection of advice on style and grammar in history and classics writing, with a second section that focuses on developing and organising an argument and a link to a sample essay.

http://www.marist.edu/liberalarts/history/pdfs/historywritingguidefall2009.pdf
Some brief lists of guidelines for writing in history, focusing mainly on style and ending with a checklist to use while revising.

http://www.rochester.edu/college/aah/tools/WritingGuide.pdf
A guide to history writing that deals exclusively with issues of style, along with guidelines for evaluating web sources and some questions to consider when revising.

http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/writing-resources/writing-a-good-history-paper
A comprehensive review of the common mistakes students make when writing history assignments, ranging from argumentation to style, along with thorough explanations of how to correct them. Also includes useful tips for writing document studies and critical reviews.

Genres

http://www.historyguide.org/guide/essay1.html
A short and rough introductory guide to writing a short essay for history. It focuses on narrowing down broad essay topics and overcoming the intimidation of writing in a new field.

http://www.historyguide.org/guide/essay2.html
A twelve-part introduction to writing a research essay for history. It provides extensive advice on researching effectively, but its implication that 'writing' can be left until the end of the process should be read very critically.

http://www.uoguelph.ca/history/pdf/writingguide.pdf
A short online book about writing history research essays. It is mostly concerned with citation, however, so only the first section is of exceptionally usefulness, guiding students through the writing process and providing examples of argumentative organisation, quotation, and paraphrasing.

http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/history/study/writing/
A short guide to writing research essays, which includes some advice on topic selection and two brief frameworks for the research and writing involved.

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~gsmith/writing.htm
Along with a few tips on general history writing, this provides brief, useful descriptions of critical review and document study assignments and some hyperlinks for related writing advice.

http://www.wm.edu/as/history/undergraduateprogram/historywritingresourcecenter/handouts/reviewguidelines/index.php
A brief guide to writing critical reviews of books or articles, including selecting an appropriate text and deciding what characteristics of the text to review.

http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/history/study/criticalbookreview/
http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/history/study/review/
Two different takes on what makes a good critical review. The first has an extensive list of questions to consider while critiquing, and the second takes a more balanced approach to explaining the summary, critique, and evaluation portions of a review.

http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/history/study/leaddiscussion/
Some brief but very useful advice on leading class discussions.

http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/history/study/oral/
A few helpful tips on preparing oral presentations.