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How do I ask historical questions?

• Find a topic that interests you and ask specific why or how questions about the information you learn. For example, In what ways did Cajun identity change in the 1950s?
  • Nothing with a simple answer: Who was the first Cajun musician to record Cajun music?
  • Nothing with a yes or no answer: Did Cajuns appear at the 1936 National Folk Festival?
• Locate secondary research on that topic before searching for primary sources.
  • Talk to professors, librarians, or other experts!
• Keep asking questions -- let the things you learn revise and shape your questions as you go.

Guide to Asking Good Questions: https://www.williamcronon.net/researching/questions.htm

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