passages of history review

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tanviet: Legendary Member; Posts: 1404; Joined: Tue May 20, 2008 6:55 pmFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 18 times

by tanviet » Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:52 pm

though reading skill is important, farmiliarity with the history passage, the common passage type on gmat is also important.

where to find this kind of passage, history passage. I see nytimes and the economist containing only scientific and political passages.

pls help

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by ceilidh.erickson » Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:05 pm

This is an excellent question - history articles are harder to find than business or science articles!

Here are a few resources I've recommended to my students. I'd be eager to hear if anyone else has other good resources!

Smithsonian Magazine, History & Archaeology section: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/

Art & Letters Daily - https://www.aldaily.com/

History.com - https://www.history.com/topics - Each of the topics listed has a brief article attached, about RC-length

History Today - https://www.historytoday.com/

Ceilidh Erickson
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education

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by tanviet » Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:52 am

I look for the reviews of history events, not the history event articles because those reviews are similar to gmat passages.

pls help/comment. Is my thinking correct?

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by ceilidh.erickson » Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:40 pm

I understand your concern, and to a certain extent I think you're right. The problem is that no one publishes short, dense, complicated RC-style articles... except on standardized tests! It's hard to find any publication that publishes similar articles. (This is true for science and other topics as well).

That said, I don't think the distinction between reviews (or analysis) of historical events and merely descriptions of historical events is necessarily one that you have to worry about. The skill that you want to build is to quickly and accurately understand complicated material. These kinds of articles can certainly help you to do that.

Ceilidh Erickson
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education

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