HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS CHRONOLOGY AND CONTEXTUALIZATION

CHRONOLOGICAL THINKING

ON YOUR NOTES, PUT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER ON THE TIMELINE Civil War Begins George Washington is unanimously elected President War of 1812 ends The Cherokee are forced westward on the Trail of Tears Columbus discovers the Americas

ANSWERS 1492____________________________1789__________1815_____1838____________1861___ Civil War Begins Trail of Tears End of War of 1812 Washington elected Columbus discovered the Americas

CHRONOLOGICAL REASONING When events occurred and in what temporal order

Cause: a person or thing that acts, happens or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect Effect: something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence HISTORICAL CAUSATION: THE ATTEMPT TO TRACE CURRENT AND HISTORICAL EVENTS TO THEIR ROOT CAUSES

IN YOUR GROUP 1.Make a list of as many things you can think of in American history. 2.Divide those events into time periods

WHY DID YOU PUT THEM IN THE TIME PERIODS YOU CHOSE? Periodization: What was significant about the events you chose as beginning and ending points?

Periodization: organizing history into periods and identifying turning points Turning point: an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.

CONTEXTUALIZATION PUTTING THINGS INTO CONTEXT

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CONTEXTUALIZATION Putting an event or region into the political, social, cultural, and economic setting for a particular idea or event, in order to better understand something