questioning like a historian world Civilizations sem1
. What was the cause of the change?
2. Who does not benefit or who is harmed?
3. Which country or people or group had cause to be in support of the change? Against the change?
4. Why did people make the decisions they did? What eliminated or narrowed their choices?
5. Is there an important difference from events in the past to an event today?
6. What can we learn from the past?
7. How did people in the past see the events, ideas, or beliefs of the time?
8. When thinking like a historian, look at how events create change or what elements do not change.
9. Were the results (effects) the intended change? Were they unintended?
10. How did decisions significantly impact the lives of others after the shift?
11. Unless it is a natural disaster, history is made by people. Trying to understand their perspective-what they thought, believed or valued-will help you understand why they did or did not do something.
12. What was necessary to understand in order to succeed in the time period?
13. Who benefits from the change? How? Why?
14. All good stories and research have moments that alter the direction or ideas of people or communities.
15. What chain of events lead to the action that was taken?
16. What past events might better help us understand current events?
17. Are there familiar or similar events from the past that may shed light on today's events?
18. How did their perspective shape their actions?
19. Looking at what the cause (reason) of an event or action (effect) will help you better understand the how and why.
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