What is Historical Thinking? An Introduction Many thanks and credit to the Historical Thinking ProjectHistorical Thinking Project

Primary Source Evidence ●Record everything you did in the last 24 hours ●Put a checkmark beside any item for which there will be a trace. ●How many of the traces were accidental? (A) How many were purposeful? (P) ●How many of these traces will likely be preserved? Circle those.

Primary Source Evidence DISCUSS: ●How well do those final traces represent your life? ●What do they say about you? ●What might be some of the challenges historians face? TASK: ●As a group, generate a list of historical sources of evidence to post in classroom "I left a trace" activity from The Big SixThe Big Six

Cause and Consequence Causes My Math Mark Consequences

Historical Perspectives ●What is the poster about? ●What similarities and differences exist between the style of dress in the poster and that of today? ●Do images of beauty change over time? Image from Historical Thinking Project PosterHistorical Thinking Project Poster

Ethical Dimensions What do we owe the people of the past?

Ethical Dimensions Are we obligated to right injustices of the past? Students in a classroom in Resolution NWT (Nathional Archives)

Ethical Dimensions Are we obligated to memorialize soldiers? Does this glorify war?

Ethical Dimensions What does it mean if we say yes, we are obligated? What does it mean if we say no, we are not obligated? Who decides what history is considered important?

Continuity and Change ●Watch the video on Chinese Canadians to understand the conceptChinese Canadians ●Study the picture on the next slide of a Lisgar Collegiate classroom from 1903 ●List all the things in the picture that are different from today (change) ●List all the things in the picture that are the same today (continuity)

Continuity and Change

Historical Significance ●Look at the list of historical events on the next slide Of the ones you have heard of: ●Which do you think is the most important? ●Which do you think is the least important?

Historical Significance ●European exploration of the Americas ●Industrial revolution ●The Plains of Abraham ●Underground Railroad ●Louis Riel ●The war of 1812 ●The end of slavery in the British Empire ●Free public schools ●Canadian Confederation ●World War I ●Canadian women vote ●Chinese Head Tax ●Prohibition ●The Great Depression ●World War II ●The atomic bomb ●Birth control is legalized ●Birth of rock music ●The Charter of Rights ●The end of the USSR ●September 11, 2001

Historical Significance Discuss ●Come to a group consensus on which is most and least important ●How did you decide? What was your criteria? Task ●Generate a list of criteria you can use to determine if an event is historically significant.

Historical Significance CRITERIA ●Did the event result in change? o How profoundly were people affected? o How many people were affected? o Was the change long-lasting? ●How does the event reveal to us of the past? ●Is the event relevant to the present? ●Who is the event important for today? ●Has the event become more important over time? from Historical Thinking ProjectHistorical Thinking Project

Show Your Understanding As a Group Read the article: How Canada's Mighty Have Fallen How many of the historical thinking concepts apply? How? Create a mind map to show your work credit:: Jennifer Janzen

Show Your Understanding Individually Which is the most significant moment of your life? Why? ●Write a paragraph or create a display. ●Explain why it’s significant using the criteria. ●Choose one other historical thinking concept to relate to your event. ●Use key questions from the posters to guide your discussion.