Hillsborough, April 15, 1989

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This is a workshop class in the Department of History. We will focus on developing the “unnatural” skills of thinking historically. This requires you to apply the five C’s of historical thinking (causality, change over time, complexity, context, and contingency) to one specific event: the 15 April 1989 Hillsborough Disaster or Tragedy (henceforth just Hillsborough). This is the unlawful death of ninety–seven fans of Liverpool Soccer Club at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. We will listen to, read, and watch sources, evaluating and using these sources as well as others discovered in research to make historical arguments, and then you will create thoughtful, well–grounded, and scholarly essays.