Ch 1 Question Bank Historical Significance

Ch 1 Question Bank Historical Significance

Question stems and prompts you can use to draw out the historical thinker in all your students

To begin a unit or lesson focused on historical significance:

•     Why should we bother to learn about X (a person, event, or development)?

•     Why does everyone remember Y?

•     Why is X historically significant?

•     What was the importance of X (a person or document)?

•     Was X (a person or document) really that important?

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