1. HTC = historical thinking concepts
HTC Intro
Basic HTC Lingo
CHY4U Unit 1, Activity 1
HTC = historical thinking concepts

2. Crisis in Venezuela
President Maduro meets with members of the military
Presidential claimant Guaido greeted by supporters

3. Controversy Over Pipelines in Canada
Aboriginal protest against pipelines
Calgarians rally in favour of the pipeline

4. Serial Killer Bruce McArthur
Convicted murderer Bruce McArthur
Victims of Bruce McArthur

5. Invasions of Afghanistan
British, 1839
Soviet, 1979
American, 2001

6. Inference “conclusion based on reading between the lines of a source”
Ibid.

7. Avoid Presentism, Generally
“imposing the thoughts, beliefs, and values of today onto historical actors”
Seixas and Morton, The Big Six, 215.

8. Context
“the circumstances at the time of the creation of a source; the society and belief system in which the source was created as well as the historical events taking place at the time”
P E R S I A T acronym helps you remember the various parts of a society
Ibid.

9. Sir John A. Macdonald Vandalism of statue in Montreal, 2018
Removal of statue in Victoria, 2018

10. Continuity and Change Things that remain the same from the past
Things that change from the past
Interwoven

11. Causes and Consequences
Who and/or what caused Trump to get elected?
Individuals X
Historical conditions / social forces
Groups
Sort: polarization of the people, money buys media airtime, ALT right, far right, Trump’s qualities, Trump’s celebrity, Trump’s policies, Steve Bannon

12. The Economist, Jan. 19-25, 2013, Cover.

13. Primary Evidence
To answer Obama’s question historians would need to look at evidence from his time in office: