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Canadian History Assessments of Thinking (CHATs) make historical thinking visible for students as they practice sourcing, contextualizing, closely analyzing and corroborating evidence.

Do the sources conflict or corroborate with one another?
Can students infer the intention of an artist in a political cartoon?
How strong is a source as evidence for a historical inquiry question?
Which source provides stronger evidence for a historical inquiry question?
Can students infer the date of a source from contextual information?
Can students infer the date of a source from contextual information?

Assessing Historical Thinking

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