Ch 4 Question Bank: Cause and Consequence

Ch 4 Question Bank: Cause and Consequence

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 cause and consequence:

•     What were the short- and long-term causes of X (an historical event)?

•     What were the consequences of X (an historical event)?

•     Was it really X (a person) who gave birth to Y (a development)?

•     What kind of a difference did X make to Y (a community)?

•     What lay behind X (an historical event)?

•     How did X (a cause or an historical event) make a difference?

•     Was X a success? In what ways?

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