The Historical Thinking Project

The Historical Thinking Project website features exemplary lesson plans that explain how to get your students thinking historically.

Written by Canada’s History Society 

 — Posted June 30, 2010

The Historical Thinking Project is rethinking how Canadian students learn about history. Their website features exemplary lesson plans that explain how to get your students thinking historically.

The six historical thinking concepts include establishing historical significance, using primary source evidence, identifying continuity and chance, analyzing cause and consequence, taking an historical perspective, and understanding the ethical dimensions of history.

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