The Big Deal
This term describes why an event matters or had lasting impact.
What is historical significance?
What is primary evidence?
What is continuity?
This describes what happens because of an event.
What is a consequence?
Two students disagree about a rule because they experience school differently. That difference comes from this.
What are their perspectives?
This scope makes an event "stand out" to someone in Sooke vs the rest of the world.
What is its scale of impact? (local, national, global)
This is the first question you should ask about any source.
Who created this and why?
When something slowly becomes different over many years, we call it this.
What is gradual change?
An effect that appears right away is this kind of consequence.
What is short term?
A business owner and a worker see a policy differently. Name the skill you use to understand both.
What is empathy (for perspectives)?
You compare two BC events; one changed daily life, the other didn’t. This is the best reason to rank the first as more important.
What is its larger impact on people over time?
Knowing the time and reason a source was created helps reveal this. Hint: it may reveal some preference by someone.
What is bias or context?
Historians study these to see how society has changed over long periods.
What are patterns?
A plan improves roads, but traffic accidents go up. Name the kind of result this is.
What is an unintended consequence?
People often disagree about ethics because they have different these.
What are values or beliefs?
What is the ripple effect?
Historians use many sources because using only one can make their ideas less this?
What is accurate?
A new policy begins a long trend that reshapes a region. Historians call this type of moment this.
What is a turning point?
When many small causes stack up and lead to one big event, historians call this a what?
What is a chain reaction?
Two students disagree about whether an action was fair. What is the best way to move forward in class?
What is compare evidence and explain reasoning respectfully?
Why is the signing of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 is significant?
What is it shaped Canada's early colonial policy?
A newspaper is defined as a secondary source during what context?
What is when providing analysis, editorials, or looking back at a past event?
A museum says there was “progress.” Without specifics, what is your best historian move?
What is ask "progress for whom?", check evidence, and compare outcomes across groups.
A BC forest policy comes from money needs, industry pressure, and past laws. This bundle of reasons shows what about causes?
What is they are layered/multiple?
You must judge a past action using today’s values and the values of the time. What’s the most balanced way to do this?
What is evaluate with modern human rights and historical context?