Suggested Historical Skill: Causation
Identify and describe a historical context for a specific historical development or process.
Chapter 16 – The Scientific Revolution
Technological and Scientific Innovation
Scientific and technological innovations have increased efficiency, improved daily life, and shaped human development
Suggested Historical Skill: Causation
Explain how claims or evidence support, modify, or refute a source s argument.
Chapter 17 – An Age of Enlightenment
Social Organization and Development
Economic, political, and cultural factors have influenced the form and status of family, class, and social groups in European history, which has, in turn, affected both the individual and society.
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, had significant political, intellectual, economic, cultural, and social effects on European and world societies.
Suggested Historical Skill: Continuity and Change
Identify and describe a historical context for a specific historical development or process.
Chapter 18 – The 18th Century: States, War, and Social Change
Social Organization and Development
Economic, political, and cultural factors have influenced the form and status of family, class, and social groups in European history, which has, in turn, affected both the individual and society.
Suggested Historical Skill: Continuity and Change
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 the point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience of a source.
Suggested Historical Skill: Causation
Use historical reasoning to explain relationships among pieces of historical evidence.