Aww, I thought this was going to be about the history of homework. Well, if I may ask -- is it possible to pinpoint a time when the idea started? Is it a more recent development or were young Greek scholars doing homework back in BC times? All I can seem to find goes back to about the 1900s, but I'm thinking the seed of the idea may have started much earlier.

Minor correction if I may:

It is finally baseball golf season.

^sorry

Perhaps a good way to phrase this would be, "Don't ask any questions you wouldn't ask your teacher."

Also, ask your teacher questions. They'll respond too.

Not trying to play devil's advocate, but "knowing what a homework prompt looks like" seems like a bad justification. It's like a cop using the fact "they know a criminal when they seem them" to justify probable cause.

From reading what you wrote, a "homework prompt" looking question, even if it follows all of the other rules of this sub, is subject to removal because... you got a feeling it is? That doesn't seem to be in the spirit of what I've known this sub to be about.

P.S. No, I do not need homework help. I graduated many years ago.

Edit: To expand briefly. It seems that both questions and answers, as long as they conform to the rules are usually fair game. Is there some way the teachers here could back up why they think a certain post is a "homework" question based off more than their anecdotal experience with homework? Anecdotal experience in the field seems shaky ground to prove intent on the part of someone asking a question. Perhaps have a list of banned questions during this time period, or more specific guidelines to follow?

So do we post our homework questions here, or do we make a new thread to ask?

It would save everyone a lot of time and effort if people were just up-front about why they're posting. Sometimes people in this sub want you to do their homework. Sometimes they want you do to the research for their historical novel/story. Sometimes they want you to justify their sexual proclivities by telling them that it's 'natural' to want to date a teenager because that's how our ancestors did it. Just say why you want the info if it's for something other than curiosity!

One of these days, I want to write a guide to researching for historical fiction to cut down on those oddly specific "I'm a fiery redhead working as a barkeep in a medieval village. How quickly would my bodice get ripped by a troubled but misunderstood duke posing as a common man?" questions.

Oh sure, after I finish my paper on the press in the early US. I see how it is.

Can anybody explain the different schools of french historiography? Specifically how they viewed the French Revolution?

In Canada the semester ended a few weeks ago.

Is there really an true debate on the subject of the Alger Hiss trial (i.e. whether or not he was guilty)? Or is it almost a consensus that he was in fact guilty?

I have to do a paper about a debatable subject. I would very much like to do something from the 20th century and even more so to do something involving the politics of the USSR. The Alger Hiss trial seems to be the best thing in my interests.

Wow. This sub is so professional. Thanks for always running such a great sub; it's a pleasure to read.

I actually posted a question about the WW1(world wars are the only thing I get taught here in Germany) in here and it helped me a lot. Especially the sources that were given were very helpful understanding. If I wanted you to make my homework it would always say "Please analyse this source."

The semester is ending soon? Mine ended mid-April with the end of exams. (Canada, Ontario)

we were supposed to have graded earlier.

Ah, the beauty of life!

Can I ask a different question about the end of the school year? Why do you guys start and end in the middle of the year? In Australia we start in February and end in December, so we don't have to cross over year and be extra confusing..

Blackmon is bound to slow down eventually, sorry /u/AnOldHope. Have you been to any games this season?

Hey historians, I have a research paper to write on the use of the Calumet among Native American societies. And I would be ecstatic if you could provide some sources which could point me in the right direction?

How cool. Thank you, all of you. (Heads over to work on a question)

I feel like this subreddit is a diamond in the rough. Mods who actually care and comb through all the bull shit to try and deliver the most quality possible. I raise my beer to the mods. Keep it up.

How did the idea of total war change America during the civil war?

What is the history of the school year? I live in a quarter system area, we are still in the middle of the spring term.