1. Historical Thinking Skills

2. Historical Causation WHY did stuff happen? WHY did stuff happen? What was the impact? Think long and short-term. What was the impact? Think long and short-term.

3. Continuity and Change Over Time What stayed the same? What stayed the same? What changed? What changed? Why did it change and how much did it change? Why did it change and how much did it change?

4. Periodization Why do historians start and end time periods when they do? Why do historians start and end time periods when they do? Turning points! Turning points!

5. Comparison Identify similarities and differences within a society or between societies—could be chronological, ideological, demographic, geographic, political, economic, social Identify similarities and differences within a society or between societies—could be chronological, ideological, demographic, geographic, political, economic, social

6. Contextualization Connecting events to their specific place and time in history Connecting events to their specific place and time in history