Historical thinking skills

Skill Type I: Chronological Reasoning


Skill 1: Historical Causation

Skill Type I: Chronological Reasoning

Skill 2: Patterns of Continuity and Change

Skill Type I: Chronological Reasoning

Skill 3: Periodization

Skill Type II: Comparison and Contextualization

Skill 4: Comparison

Skill Type II: Comparison and Contextualization


Skill 5: Contextualization

Skill Type III: Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence

Skill 6: Historical Argumentation

Skill 7: Appropriate Use of Relevant evidence

Skill Type IV: Historical Interpretation and Synthesis

Skill 8: Interpretation
Skill 9: Synthesis

Analyzing documents.

How to do it?
Interpretation & designing rubrics

AP Parts

• Main idea.
• Significance of document.
• Intended audience.
• Purpose.
• Historical Context.
• Author's POV.
• Connections (Across periods & Geographic)

Primary source - During or immediately after event, personal account

Secondary source - Secondary account, later, post-event

Historical thinking skills