13 READING AND WRITING ABOUT PAST EVENTS: THE ...

• exposé - matière potentielle : people at the time of the events
• exposé - matière potentielle : to previous statements
• exposé
• expression écrite
• expression écrite - matière potentielle : on related subjects
• exposé - matière potentielle : from a wide range of disciplines
• exposé - matière potentielle : knowledge
• leçon - matière potentielle : the texts

230 13 READING AND WRITING ABOUT PAST EVENTS: THE HUMANITIES AND HISTORICAL SCIENCES isciplines that use evidence from the past to come to new statements of knowledge can be either reconstructive or interpretive. Reconstructive disciplines—such as history, geology, and archeology—attempt to determine what happened in the past. Interpretive disciplines—such as literary criticism—attempt to understand human creations made in the past. Guidelines for reading and writing essays about the past and interpretive essays will help you understand your reading and prepare written work for courses in both kinds of historical disciplines.

• extensive analysis of particular pieces of legislation
• discussion of the history of the disability rights movement
• kinds of historical disciplines
• equal rights amendment
• social policy
• disability
• people with disabilities
• events
• history