1. Historical Thinking Concepts
“History sucks because its just dates and people I have to memorize”

2. Historical Significance:
Historical Thinking:
Historical Significance:
We must be able to EXPLAIN why something is important- yesterday’s note

3. We must understand the relationships between events and their results
Historical Thinking
Cause and Consequence
We must understand the relationships between events and their results

4. Historical Thinking Historical Perspective
Identifying events from the viewpoint of people who lived through the times
Can we “walk in the shoes” of someone from the past?

5. Historical Thinking Change and Continuity
We must understand that certain events change over time while others stay the same (attitudes, processes, actions)
*let’s focus on this

6. HISTORY OF THE TELEPHONE1 2 3 5 6 4 7 11 8 9 10

7. Change and Continuity We all did pretty well (right?)
Factors that led to your decision making?
Is there a pattern?
Can we state whether the changes are good or bad?

8. HISTORY OF HEADPHONES 1 2 4 3 5 8 6 7 9 10 11

9. HISTORY OF HEADPHONES Did we do better or worse?? (I’m betting worse)
What factors led to your decision making?
WHY WAS THIS MORE DIFFICULT???
What is the lesson?

10. Change and Continuity
- Continuity and Change are interwoven: both can exist together- timeline of events- can be a good starting point
- Change is a process, with varying pace and patterns. Turning points are moments when the process of change shifts in direction or pace (game changers)
- Progress and decline are broad evaluation of change over time. Depending on the impacts of change, progress for one people may be declined for another
- History is a process of interpretation, by which we decide which events or developments constitute a period of history