Causal mechanism — Social Studies definition
Defined in 3 courses:
- The process through which a condition or action contributes to an outcome. (U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Early 21st Century)
- A process connecting a condition or action with an outcome. (Global History & Geography I: Early Societies to c. 1750)
- The pathway through which one development could produce another. (Government, Civic Participation & Economics)
Where it is taught
- Historical Inquiry: Context, Sources & Fair Judgment — Reconstruction, Land & Historical Inquiry, U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Early 21st Century, Grade 8
- Global History Capstone: An Evidence-Based Comparison — Knowledge, Labor & the World Around 1750, Global History & Geography I: Early Societies to c. 1750, Grade 9
- Civic Evidence, Claims & Fair Public Reasoning — Foundations of Government & Public Reasoning, Government, Civic Participation & Economics, Grade 12
Taught alongside
- context
- corroboration
- interpretation
- primary source
- evidence
- counterevidence
- empirical claim
- normative claim
- provenance