History · Grades 7–12
Continuity, change and historical explanations · revision card
Events often have interacting economic, social, environmental and political causes.
Keep these ideas clear
Avoid one-cause stories
Events often have interacting economic, social, environmental and political causes.
Define the comparison
Change for one group may coexist with continuity for another.
Two useful examples
Which question examines continuity?
What remained similar before and after the change?
What remained similar before and after the change?
Which question examines consequences rather than causes?
What changed after the decision?
What changed after the decision?
Explain it without looking
- A policy is called successful. Name two questions needed before accepting that judgement.
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