HISTORICAL THINKING CONCEPTS
Students are regularly expected to learn about history without being asked to think historically. Thinking historically requires attending to the kinds of questions that historians pose. These questions typically focus on six concepts:
- Historical Significance: What and who should be remembered, researched and taught?
- Evidence and Interpretation: Is the evidence credible and adequate to support the conclusions reached?
- Continuity and Change: How are lives and conditions alike over time and how have they changed?
- Cause and Consequence: Why did historical events happen the way they did and what are the consequences?
- Historical Perspective: What does past look like when viewed through lenses of the time?
- Ethical Judgment: Is what happened right and fair?
Unit 1: revolution and Change |
Revolutions are the great turning points of history. A revolution is a tumultuous and transformative event that attempts to change a nation, a region or society. Revolutions vary in their aims. Some revolutions seek to overthrow and replace the political order. Others seek radical social and economic change. One common factor is that revolutions are fast moving. In a short time, often just a few years, a revolution can bring about significant change and upheaval. Most revolutions are driven by people and groups inspired by hope, idealism and dreams of a better society. These revolutionaries challenge the old order and fight to remove it, while the old order strives to maintain its power. The outcomes are confrontation, conflict, disruption and division, which can lead to war, violence and human suffering. Eventually the revolutionaries emerge victorious and set about trying to create a better society. In most cases, this proves much more difficult than they had anticipated.
Revolutions are unique to their times and locations. They do not follow a single plan or model. - Alpha History 2016 |
New Ideas and Changing attitudes
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The Scientific RevolutionThe Scientific Revolution was not simply scientific and technological changes but rather a shift in the way people viewed themselves in the natural world.
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The EnlightenmentThe Enlightenment was a sprawling intellectual, philosophical, cultural, and social movement that spread through Europe during the 1700s.
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Key Figures During the Enlightenment |
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Questions to Consider:
-What would people from war-torn countries today say about the find of govt that is best for society?
-What is necessary for democracy to work well?
-How should societies make important decisions? Can 'the masses' be trusted to make decisions for the good of society?
-Is there an ideal form of govt? What would it look like? What would it include and exclude? How would decisions be made? What stands in the way of this ideal governing body?
-What is necessary for democracy to work well?
-How should societies make important decisions? Can 'the masses' be trusted to make decisions for the good of society?
-Is there an ideal form of govt? What would it look like? What would it include and exclude? How would decisions be made? What stands in the way of this ideal governing body?
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Terror as a virtue
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The War Measures Act was a federal statute adopted by Parliament in 1914, after the outbreak of the First World War. It gave broad powers to the Canadian government to maintain security and order during war or insurrection. It was used, controversially, during both world wars and also during the 1970 October Crisis in Quebec. It has since been replaced by the more limited Emergencies Act.
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Additional Info |
To bridge the gap between the French Revolution and the advent of the Industrial Age in Europe be sure to watch the Crash Course clip found on the left and read pages 592-603 of the World History text.
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The Age of European Imperialism and INdustrialization
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Forces of Change
Use pages 624 – 629 to learn about liberalism, nationalism, and the Revolutions of 1848, which set the stage for National Unification and a growing divide between European powers. Question: •Why didn’t Great Britain experience a similar revolution that other European countries were experiencing? (see page 634 for additional information) |
Research Paper Information and tips
Use the following guides to assist with your essay writing.
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Unit Two: War and Violence |
Understanding how power in relationships and rivalries between European nations, as causes of global conflicts.
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Readings
Additional Resources
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Unit 3 - TRIUMPH & TRAGEDY
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Additional videos and links
Isolation Readings/Articles/Documents
SHEG - Factory Life primary sources | |
File Size: | 131 kb |
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Faraday - Pollution (primary source) Reading | |
File Size: | 83 kb |
File Type: | docx |