Thinking Like a Historian: Chronology & Cause and Effect — Drills · Grade 6 Social Studies
Chapter: Geography & the Tools of HistoryWhat these drills covers
By the end of Thinking Like a Historian: Chronology & Cause and Effect you should be able to:
- I can explain thinking like a historian: chronology & cause and effect with accurate places, periods and defined terms.
- I can distinguish a supported observation from an inference in the supplied evidence case.
- I can justify a comparison or conclusion and explain a meaningful limit.
4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.
Vocabulary used: chronology, BCE and CE, cause and effect, correlation.
Problem 1
Answer and explanation
500 BCE is earlier because BCE numbers decrease toward 1 BCE.
500 BCE is earlier because BCE numbers decrease toward 1 BCE.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 2
Answer and explanation
Six years for corresponding dates:3+4−1.
Six years for corresponding dates:3+4−1.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 3
Answer and explanation
No. Conflict, economic pressures or policy can also contribute; evidence must test their roles.
No. Conflict, economic pressures or policy can also contribute; evidence must test their roles.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 4
Answer and explanation
No. That date concerns a specific western Roman political event, not a synchronized global turning point.
No. That date concerns a specific western Roman political event, not a synchronized global turning point.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.