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Historical Significance

Historical Significance. How do we decide what is important in history?. Criteria FOr Historical Significance. P erson, event or object which: A. Results in change and/or B. Is revealing in some way. Resulting in Change . Three things to consider: Profundity Quantity Longevity .

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Historical Significance

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  1. Historical Significance How do we decide what is important in history?

  2. Criteria FOr Historical Significance • Person, event or object which: • A. Results in change and/or • B. Is revealing in some way

  3. Resulting in Change Three things to consider: • Profundity • Quantity • Longevity

  4. Revealing • How a person or event sheds light on emerging issues in history or contemporary life • Links to greater narratives

  5. Activity • Choose the 3 most important things that have happened in the history of humanity. • Why? What/who did it change? Did it reveal underlying issues?

  6. Group Activity • Choose 5 events you consider the most important for North American History between the years 1500-1815 (SS9) • For each explain in 1-2 sentences why it is historically significant

  7. Possible Events • La Fils de Roi arrive • American Revolution • Quebec Act • Seven Years War • Battle of the Plains of Abraham • War of 1812 • Treaty of Ghent • Tecumseh • Jacques Cartier Voyages • John Cabot – New Found Land • Samuel de Champlain Habitation • Establishment of New France • Establishment of the Seigneurial System • Establishment of the Fur Trade • Constitutional Act of 1791 • Royal Proclamation of 1763

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