Counterfactual thinking is a psychological concept that refers to the human tendency to imagine possible alternatives to life events that have already occurred; something that is diametrically opposed to what actually occurred. Counterfactual thinking is, as the name implies, "contrary to the facts." Counterfactual history is a type of historiography that seeks to answer the question, "What if?" Counterfactual history is divided into two subgenres: alternative history and speculative fiction. Historians frequently employ counterfactuals as an analytical tool, a method for determining causal relationships. Counterfactuals are statements about what would have happened in the past if a historical fact had been different.
An interactive "Living Graph" encourages students to not only select the most significant events within a topic but also to rate them (over time) according to various criteria such as success and failure, strength and weakness, significance, and insignificance.
As part of this activity, the IB History students were asked to do the following -
Analyse and identify the key events/factors/wars. List the key events in the given table simultaneously explaining their significance.
Construct the counterfactual scenario [possible alternative] for the above-mentioned events in relation to Japan’s Nationalism and Militarism.
Prioritize the events/war/ factors as the most significant to less significant
Categorisation - Construct a living graph by dragging and dropping the events high or low on the graph to indicate – Japan’s Growth.
School - Garodia International Centre for Learning in Mumbai, GICLM
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