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Kelly McMichael is a historian and writer whose work explores migration, memory, survival, and hidden lives through archival research, narrative history, fiction, and public storytelling.

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The Historian's Field Guide: The Difference Between Summary and Analysis

Learning to Think, Read, Research, and Write Like a Historian; Field Guide No. 006

The Most Fun I've had in a Talk Recently

The Early American History Club--wow, what a great group to talk with.

The Historian's Field Guide: How to Build a Thesis Statement: Stop Summarizing and Start Arguing

Learning to Think, Read, Research, and Write Like a Historian; Field Guide No. 005

The Historian's Field Guide: How to Read a Primary Source Like a Historian

Learning to Think, Read, Research, and Write Like a Historian; Field Guide No. 004

The Historian's Field Guide: How Historians Ask Questions

Learning to Think, Read, Research, and Write Like a Historian

The Historian's Field Guide: What Historians Mean by Context

Learning to Think, Read, Research, and Write Like a Historian

The Historian's Field Guide: Why History is an Argument, and not a List of Facts

Learning to Think, Read, Research, and Write Like a Historian

What did the Seaflower passengers imagine home would look like in America?

Filling the Gaps--The Context Behind the Seaflower--A New Series

A Historian's Toolkit Wrap Up

What We Learned About Turning Sources into Arguments

What's your Argument?

The Final Historian's Toolkit #7: Start with your Argument