Where we are in place and time

People’s ideas and actions can cause a shift in thinking and change the course of
history
Change I am having I can give a basic I can accurately I can go beyond the
We want the students difficulty explaining account of the explain changes obvious in
to understand that the
changes changes explaining changes
world has constantly
changed throughout
history, and will
continue to change.

Causation I am having I can give a basic I can accurately I can go beyond the
We want the students difficulty explaining account of the explain the cause of obvious in
to understand the
the cause of the changes I have the changes I have explaining the
factors that lead to
shifts in thinking and
changes I have identified. identified. cause of the
changes in the course identified. changes I have
of history. identified.

Connection I am having Able to make simple I can accurately I can make and
We want students to difficulty showing connections between explain how the past, justify predictions
understand the ways in
how the past, the past, present present and future about changes that
which our past,
present and future are
present and future and future. are all connected. are likely to happen
all connected. are all connected. in the future.