Historical Thinking Skills

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Looking at two or more events, people, or societies to identify similarities and differences.

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Comparison

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Compare the U.S. government to the government of ancient Athens—both are democracies, but Athens had direct democracy while the U.S. has representative democracy.

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Comparison

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Examining why events happened, identifying short-term and long-term causes, and their effects.

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Causation

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The invention of the car led to suburbs and traffic accidents.

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Causation

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Understanding an event by looking at what else was happening at the same time and place.

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Context

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What aspect of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is highlighted by knowing it was delivered during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?

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Context

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Recognizing what has stayed the same and what has changed across different eras.

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Continuity & Change

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What concept does the change from handwritten letters to emails and texts, while still using written words to share information, illustrate?

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Continuity & Change

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Analyzing and supporting claims with sources like documents, images, or artifacts.

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Using Evidence

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How can rationing posters and diary entries from the 1940s be used to support the claim that World War II affected civilians?

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Using Evidence