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Historical Main Chronological ; Causes and ; Fact from Critical Historical Historical Assumptions and Decisions and Courses of Opinions (Evaluating) Making Forming , Visual, and Technological and Secondary , Audio, Multimedia Political the Charts and Written Oral Visual PresentationsR37SKILLBUILDERHANDBOOKR1SK ILLBUILDERHANDBOOKR10SKILLBUILDERHANDBOO KSection 1: Understanding Historical Making InferencesDEFINING THE SKILLMaking inferencesfrom a piece of historical writing means drawing conclusions based on facts, examples, opinions, and the author s use of language. To make inferences, use clues in the text and your own personalexperience, historical knowledge, and common THE SKILLThe following passage is from a speech by President Ronald Reagan promotinghis economic program. The chart below lists some inferences that can be drawnfrom the first TO MAKE INFERENCESStrategyFrom the facts in the text and historical knowledge,you can infer that Reagan is blaming the Democrats for the poor for clues aboutthe writer s opinion.

R12 SKILLBUILDER HANDBOOK Section 2: Using Critical Thinking 2.2 Formulating Historical Questions DEFINING THE SKILL Formulating historical questionsentails asking questions about events and trends—what caused them, what made them important, and so forth.

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