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Use historical imagination: mentally stepping into the past to consider an event or situation as people of the time would have considered.
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Gain cultural perspectives: viewing historical events and situations in ways that are fair and sensitive to all cultural groups affected.
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Recognize a point of view: identifying the factors that color the outlook of an individual or group. A person’s view includes beliefs and attitudes that are shaped by factors such as age, gender, religion, race and economic status.
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Compare and contrast: examining events, situations, or points of view for their similarities and differences.
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Identify cause and effect: interpreting the relationships between historical events.
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Analyze: the process of breaking information and events into its parts and examining the relationships between them.
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Assess consequences: studying an action, an event, or a trend to predict its long-term effects and to judge the desirability of those effects.
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Distinguish fact from opinion: separating the facts about something from what people say about it.
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Identify values: recognizing the core beliefs held by a person or group. Hypothesize: forming a possible explanation for an event, a situation, or a problem based on available evidence and testing it against new evidence.
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Synthesize: combining information ad ideas from several sources or points in time to gain a new understanding of a topic or event.
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Problem solving and decision making: process of reviewing a situation and making recommendations for improving or correcting it.
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Evaluate: assessing the significance or overall importance of something, such as the success of a reform movement or the impact of a president on a society.
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Take a stand: identifying an issue, deciding what you think about it, and persuasively expressing your position.
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