Command Terms: IB
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Concepts:Researchers have identified concepts that provide the basis of historical thinking. The Historical Thinking Project follows this approach, and works with six distinct but closely interrelated historical thinking concepts. To think historically, students need to be able to:
Taken together, these concepts tie “historical thinking” to competencies in “historical literacy.” In this case, “historical literacy” means gaining a deep understanding of historical events through active engagement with historical texts. Historically literate citizens can assess claims that there was no Holocaust, that slavery wasn't so bad for African-Americans, that aboriginal rights have a historical basis, and that the Russian experience in Afghanistan serves as a warning to our mission there. They have thoughtful ways to tackle these debates. They can assess historical sources. They know that a historical film can look "realistic" without being accurate. They understand the value of a footnote. In short, they can detect the differences, as Margaret MacMillan phrases it in her recent book title, between the uses and abuses of history. “Historical thinking” only becomes possible in relation to substantive content. These concepts are not abstract “skills.” Rather, they provide the structure that shapes the practice of history. © Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness
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