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Ask an NEH Expert: Multiple Perspectives
Anne Petersen, Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (Santa Barbara, California), addresses why multiple perspectives are important to developing a rich understanding of historical events and topics. The video includes how maps and primary documents available at the Santa Barbara Trust can be used to analyze multiple and competing perspectives in history.
This video is one in a series about historical research and writing developed through a collaboration between the National Endowment for the Humanities and National History Day.
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