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Assessing Historical Inevitability vs. Contingency

Advanced Historical Reasoning and Synthesis

8th Grade·Social Studies·US-PA-SS

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Debate whether major historical events were inevitable or contingent on specific human choices.

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Advanced Historical Reasoning and Synthesis

8th Grade · Social Studies · US-PA-SS

6 lessons

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Engage in higher-order historical reasoning by critiquing periodization, evaluating contingency and unintended consequences, comparing parallel developments, and synthesizing skills in a capstone.

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8.1.12.APennsylvania Social Studies Standards · 8th Grade

A. Evaluate chronological thinking. • Sequential order of historical narrative • Continuity and change • Context for events