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HISTO
RICAL T
HINKIN
G
SKILLS
CH
RO
NO
L OG
Y A
ND
CO
NT
EX
TU
AL I Z
AT
I ON
CHRONOLOGIC
AL
THIN
KING
ON YOUR NOTES, PUT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER ON THE TIMELINECivil 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 YO
U PUT
THEM IN
THE
TIME P
ERIO
DS YOU
CHOSE?Periodization:
What
was
sig
nifica
nt abou
t the
even
ts y
ou c
hose
as
begin
ning a
nd endin
g poi
nts?
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.
CONTEXTU
ALIZAT
ION
PU
T TI N
G T
HI N
GS
IN
TO
CO
NT
EX
T
http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/artifacts/mask_creator-01.html
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