TABLE2 Questions that could be commonly asked in the History classroom. Historical thinking concepts and skills Example of questions Sequencing chronology
When does my timeline of events begin and when does it end? What event appears before ... and what happened after? What event caused ... to occur? Who wrote this source? Why did they write this source? What does this source tell me about the historical period I am studying, and what does it not tell me? At the beginning of the historical period I am studying, what was life like in regard to … (power structures/economy/ people/ideas/technology)? By the end of the historical period I am studying, what changed in regard to … (power structures/economy/people/ideas/technology)? What/who caused these changes to occur? How quickly did these changes occur? What remained the same? What/who stopped these things from changing? What were the short-term causes of …? What were the long-term causes of …? What were the political/economic/environmental causes of …? What were the immediate consequences of ...? What were the long-term consequences of …? What were the political/economic/environmental consequences of …? Why is this person/event/idea/movement important? How important was this person/event/idea/movement to those living during the historical period? How many people were affected by this person/event/idea/movement? How is this person/event/idea/movement remembered today?
Using historical sources as evidence
Identifying continuity and change
Analysing causes and consequences
Determining historical significance
1.2.4 Chronology Chronology involves recording events in order of time. It is an important skill because historians need to know the order in which events occurred so they can get a sense of what happened. A story will make more sense if we start at the beginning and work towards the end. Historians also sequence events chronologically to track changes that have happened over time and the causes of these changes. A historian will use a timeline to see how one event might have contributed to another. A timeline representing the sequence of events in your morning can be seen in SOURCE2 .
SOURCE2 A simple timeline representing the sequence of events during a typical morning
Wake up in the morning
Eat breakfast
Travel to school
7:15AM
7:30AM
7:45AM
8:00AM
8:15AM
8:30AM
Attend first class
Get dressed
Brush teeth
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