AP World History Historical Thinking Skills – Flashcards
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Chronological Reasoning: *Periodization*
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Do you understand how and why historians divide time into different historical periods? Are you aware of competing methods of periodization, and can you evaluate their strengths and weaknesses?
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Comparison and Contexualization: *Comparison*
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Can you draw useful comparisons over time (*one specific trend or geographical region in different historical eras*) or place (*two or more regions during the same time period*)? Are you aware that genuine comparison involves *analyzing likenesses AND differences*?
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Comparison and Contexualization: *Contextualization*
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Can you connect specific events and facts to wider settings and to broader trends?
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Historical Interpretation and Synthesis: *Interpretation*
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Can you read and analyze pieces of historical evidence with an eye to the point of view and possible bias? Do you understand the various ways that *different forms of historical evidence (including myths and oral traditions, works of art and architecture, graphs and charts, diaries and autobiographies, government documents, and so on) can be taken advantage of*? Can you discuss the historical consensus about a key event or trend might change over time or vary from country to country?
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Historical Interpretation and Synthesis: *Synthesis*
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Can you bring together various--and even contradictory--sources, explanatory theories, and pieces of evidence to arrive at a useful and convincing understanding of a historical problem or argument? Do you have a sense of how insights from other scholarly disciplines, such as archaeology, statistics, and the environmental sciences, can aid historians in their research?
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