“Information is almost always overabundant;
intelligibility comes only with selection
and ordering, somehow embodied in a flow of
words to provoke a portrait of the past in
readers’ minds.”
William H. McNeill
The Global History and Geography Online
Resource is standards-based. World History
Standard 2 states that:
“students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of major ideas, eras,
themes, developments, and turning points in
world history and examine the broad sweep of
history from a variety of perspectives.”
Key Idea 2 further expands the meaning of the world history
standard when it adds,
“establishing timeframes, exploring different periodizations,
examining themes across time and within cultures, and focusing on
important turning point in world history help organize the study of
world cultures and civilizations.”
At the commencement level, the performance indicators for Key idea 2
state that students will:
- Distinguish between the past, present, and future by creating
multiple-tier timelines that display important events and
developments from world history across time and place
- Evaluate the effectiveness of different models for the
periodization of important historic events, identifying the reason
why a particular sequence for these events was chosen
- Analyze evidence critically and demonstrate an understanding of
how circumstances of time and place influence perspectives
- Explain the importance of analyzing narratives drawn from
different times and places to understand historical events
- Investigate key events and developments and major turning points
in world history to identify the factors that brought about change
and the long-term effects of these changes.
The social studies program is based on content, concept, and skills.
Sequencing and chronology skills are important social studies skills.
These skills include the ability to:
- use the vocabulary of time and chronology
- place events in chronological order
- understand the concepts of time, continuity, and change
Turning Points uses the BC/AD terminology used in the New York State
Social Studies Learning Standards and the Global History and Geography
Core Curriculum. Most scholars and many textbooks now the B.C.E./C.E.
nomenclature.
“Chronology provides the basic structure which makes historical
understanding possible.”
Elizabeth Isichei
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