Why plagiarism is so hard to understand: the skill of original thinking [UPDATE at end: IGN reviewer]

https://jezebel.com/after-publishing-largely-plagiarized-story-bust-magazi-1827909190

Everyone knows what plagiarism is – you claim work that isn’t yours. It’s simple. It’s stealing, and we all know what that looks like, right? Strangely, not so much.  Continue reading

How should we teach sources to aspiring historians and laypeople?

Thanks to my rapidly growing pregnant belly, I’ve been spending a lot of time lately watching the PBS series “Finding your Roots” and it’s got me thinking about how historians use sources and what the average person knows about them (and a lot about genealogy, which you can read my extended thoughts on here). Continue reading