Historical Thinking Skills

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To look for things that may be similar or things that may be different.

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Comparison

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To find more than one cause and/or effect of a historical event

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Causation

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To explain the order in which historical events happened

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Periodization

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To explain how one historical event connects another historical event or time period

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Context

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To find and explain patterns of what changed and what stayed the same within a time period

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Continuity and Change

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To learn by asking questions through research using primary and secondary sources.

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Evidence

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What question best helps us think about Comparison? Options: How did the event impact peoples’ lives? How is the past different OR similar from the present? How do periods of history start and end?

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How is the past different OR similar from the present?

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What question best helps us think about Context?

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Where did the event take place, and what are the characteristics of that place?

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What question best helps us think about Periodization?

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What characteristics define this period of history?

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What question best helps us think about Continuity and Change?

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What changed, and what caused the change?