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History · Grades 7–10

Continuity, change and multiple causes

Change is judged against an earlier situation and a chosen feature.

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Understand the idea

Use a comparison point

Change is judged against an earlier situation and a chosen feature.

Look for continuity

Not every part of society changes at the same rate.

Distinguish cause and sequence

An earlier event is not automatically the cause of a later one.

Worked examples

Which question investigates continuity?

Continuity concerns what persists.

What remained similar across the two periods?

A new bridge opens and market visits increase. Why is timing alone insufficient to prove the bridge caused all the increase?

Credit alternative factors and a limited causal claim.

Other changes, such as population, prices or transport services, may also influence visits.

Try it yourself

  1. Which is a long-term factor rather than a single immediate trigger?

    1. decades of population growth
    2. a single announcement
    3. one day's storm
    4. one broken gate

  2. Explain how a development can benefit one group while disadvantaging another.

  3. Which comparison best supports a claim about change in travel time?

    1. Recorded journey times for the same route before and after a change
    2. A guess from a painting
    3. Two unrelated journeys
    4. Only the newer vehicle's colour

  4. Why should a period label not imply that every region changed on exactly the same date?

Answers and marking notes

Answers and marking notes
  1. decades of population growth

    The process develops over an extended period.

  2. Groups can have different roles, resources and exposure; for example, a new route may aid travellers but disrupt nearby residents.

    Accept an explicit contrasting impact.

  3. Recorded journey times for the same route before and after a change

    A consistent basis supports the comparison.

  4. Historical changes can spread unevenly and local experiences differ.

    Credit geographic variation.

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