14650322043 | Synthesis | the combination of ideas to form a theory or system | 0 | |
14650322044 | Context | Background, environment, framework, setting, or situation surrounding an event or occurrence | 1 | |
14650322045 | Contextualization | Historical thinking skill that involves the ability to connect historical events and processes to specific circumstances of time and place as well as broader regional, national, or global processes | 2 | |
14650322046 | Thesis | a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence. | 3 | |
14650322047 | Cohesive | well-integrated; unified | 4 | |
14650322048 | Analyze | usually implies at least two elements: (a) breakdown of something into parts or ideas, and (b) a discussion or description of those parts using a point of view method. Why people are doing what they're doing. | 5 | |
14650322049 | Prompt | also known as the essay "question" | 6 | |
14650322050 | Comparison | the act of finding out the differences and similarities between two or more people or things. | 7 | |
14650322051 | Similarity | 2 or more things with commonalities in regard to the same subject or element | 8 | |
14650322052 | Difference | 2 or more things with differences in regard to the same subject or element | 9 | |
14650322053 | Continuity | The state or quality of being continuous over a period of time | 10 | |
14650322054 | Historical Context | patterns or trends in history by which a specific occurrence, property, or site is understood and its meaning (and ultimately its significance) within history or prehistory is made clear | 11 | |
14650322055 | Demography | The scientific study of population characteristics. | 12 | |
14650322056 | Significance | the quality of being worthy of attention; importance | 13 | |
14650322057 | Causation | the action of causing something; the relationship between cause and effect; causality | 14 | |
14650322058 | Periodization | the process or study of categorizing the past into specific named blocks of time in order to aid the study and analysis of history. | 15 | |
14650322059 | "Historically Defensible" | able to defend an argument using different kinds of historical evidence | 16 | |
14650322060 | Point of view | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter. | 17 | |
14650322061 | Audience | the people who receive a message | 18 | |
14650322062 | Contradiction | a combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another. | 19 | |
14650322063 | Corroboration | to support or help prove (a statement, theory, etc.) by providing information or evidence | 20 | |
14650322064 | Qualify | information that can limit the argument against other information | 21 |
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