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Finding Significance
There are a number of criteria that historians’ use that can be applied to establish the significance of events.
Remarkable :The event was remarked on by people at the time or since
Remembered: The event/development was important at some stage within the collective memory of a group or groups
Resonant: People like to make analogies with it; it is possible to connect with experiences, beliefs or attitudes across time and place
Resulting in Change: It had consequences for the future
Revealing: of some other aspects of the past.
- Relevance to people living at the time
- Resonance to people’s experience, beliefs or situations at the time
- Relevance to an increased understanding of the present-day
- Remarked on by people at the time and since
- Remembered within the collective memory of a group
- Revealing of some other aspect of the past
- Results that have consequences for the future
- Durability – for how long people’s lives were affected
- Quantity – how many lives were affected
- Profundity – how deeply people’s lives were affected
Remarkable :The event was remarked on by people at the time or since
Remembered: The event/development was important at some stage within the collective memory of a group or groups
Resonant: People like to make analogies with it; it is possible to connect with experiences, beliefs or attitudes across time and place
Resulting in Change: It had consequences for the future
Revealing: of some other aspects of the past.
Understanding Limitations
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