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 I:  Contents of the Portfolio:

  • A formal job resume.
  • Five essays.  Please include the original copies with the course instructor's comments and grade.
  • Two research papers that include systematic documentation.
  • Three essay examinations.
  • Self-analysis essay:  What do the materials included in my portfolio say about my learning experience as a history major?

N.B.:  No more than three items in any portfolio may come from any once course.
 

II:  Analysis:

A portfolio is not simply a collection of papers.  The most important part of the portfolio is the essay of reflection or self-scrutiny.  Use the papers that you included as evidence of the learning process and refer to them in your narrative.  Use the questions below to help you write the self-assessment essay, which should be three to four pages in length:

  • Why did I decide to become a history major?  What were my learning goals when I declared the major?

  • What have I learned?  Include a list of the history courses that you have taken.  Focus especially on skills:  Analysis and use of primary and secondary sources, writing, public speaking, etc.

  • When have I learned?  Compare your mastery of skills from the time you became a history major to now.

  • How have I learned?  What are my strengths and weaknesses as a learner in history courses?  What do the papers in the portfolio say about my strengths and weaknesses as a writer?

  • How have I changed as a person after taking history courses?  Consider intellectual, personal and ethical changes.
     

III.  Deadline:

Please submit your portfolio to the department chairperson at least 60 days before the seminar begins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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