5 Steps to a 5TM AP European History

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The Ways Historians Think

IN THIS CHAPTER

Summary: The AP European History Exam requires you to apply the thinking

skills historians use. This chapter covers the skills you will need to be proficient

in this type of thinking in order to do well on the exam.

Key Idea:

✪^ The skills you will need to be proficient in applying can be grouped into

three basic categories: (1) Reasoning chronologically, (2) Putting information

in context, and (3) Arguing from evidence.

KEY IDEA

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