Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Explain how a historical development or process relates to another historical development or process.

States and Other Institutions of Power

European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Explain how a specific historical development or process is situated within a broader historical context.

States and Other Institutions of Power

European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Explain a historical concept, development, or process.

States and Other Institutions of Power

European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Explain the significance of a source’s point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience, including how these might limit the use(s) of a source.

Economic and Commercial Developments

Economic development, especially the development of capitalism, played an important role in Europe s history, often having significant social, political, and cultural effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Identify patterns among or connections between historical developments and processes.

States and Other Institutions of Power

European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Explain the point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience of a source.

States and Other Institutions of Power

European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Explain how a historical development or process relates to another historical development or process.

Cultural and Intellectual Developments

The creation and transmission of knowledge, including the relationship between traditional sources of authority and the development of differing world views, hadsignificant political, intellectual, economic, cultural, and social effects on Europeanand world societies.

Suggested Historical Skill: Continuity and Change

Support an argument using specific and relevant evidence.

• Describe specific examples of historically relevant evidence.
• Explain how specific examples of historically relevant evidence support an argument.

Technological and Scientific Innovation

Scientific and technological innovations have increased efficiency, improved daily life, and shaped human development and interactions, having both intended and unintended consequences.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Explain how a specific historical development or process is situated within a broader historical context.

National and European Identity

Definitions and perceptions of regional, cultural, national, and European identity have developed and been challenged over time, with varied and often profound effects on the political, social, and cultural order in Europe.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Explain how claims or evidence support, modify, or refute a source’s argument.

Suggested Historical Skill: Causation

Corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument using diverse and alternative evidence in order to develop a complex argument. This argument might:

• Explain nuance of an issue by analyzing multiple variables.
• Explain relevant and insightful connections within and across periods.
• Explain the relative historical significance of a source’s credibility and limitations.
• Explain how or why a historical claim or argument is or is not effective.