Who am I and What is this blog?

My name is Lila Katz, I am a senior at University of North Texas. I am double majoring in History and Human Development & Family Studies. My niche is modern social history. I have an interest in pregnancy, birth, and child development. I have a passion for education and plan to teach history. My ultimate goal is to write history books. 

This blog is a place for me to practice writing about history and evaluating different primary and secondary sources. I will do this by answering a variety of academic and less academic questions based on these sources. Here is my list of questions I will be adding to: 

Academic questions

• Favorite part of source?
• Least favorite part of source?
• Anything I didn't understand?
• Anything I didn't like?
• Anything outdated?
• Main idea of the source?
• Do I agree or disagree with the main idea?
• Favorite fun fact?
• What information was new to me?
• Did I have any questions while reading?

Fun questions

• If I could talk to the author(s), what would you say?
• Who would the author have voted for in 2016 Presidential Election?
• What would this author think of current events?
• Do I think these author(s) would have smoke weed?
• What drink would this author order at a bar?
• Would the author get the COVID-19 vaccine?
• If the main idea of this book was a person, what would their favorite food be?
• If the main idea of this book was a person, where would they be from?
• If the main idea of this book was a person, would they be a cat or a dog person?
• What would the author reply to being asked their pronouns?

 

I intend on making this both professional and fun. I am incredibly passionate about the importance of history education and hope to never stop learning more about history.