Historical Thinking

The year AD 1584 is in the ___________ Century

The year AD 1788 is in the ___________ Century

'Looking at historical events in different ways'

Which term best matches this historical thinking approach?

• Significance

• Perspectives

• Empathy

• Continuity and change

Asking 'why' and 'so what'?, identifying chains of events and developments over time, short term and long term

• Evidence

• Empathy

• Significance

• Cause and effect

What skill is this?: Asking historical questions to understand the origins, purpose, and motive of a source

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

• Contextualisation

• Hypothesis

What skill is this?: A theory about what happened based on the evidence

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

• Contextualisation

• Hypothesis

What skill is this?: Comparing the evidence between different sources

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

• Contextualisation

• Hypothesis

What skill is this?: Showing what was going on at the time and place the source was created

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

• Contextualisation

• Hypothesis

What is the difference between a source and evidence?

If you could live in any period, which would it be?

• Prehistoric

• Ancient

• Medieval

• Early Modern

• Modern