1. Understanding History
Chapter 2 Lesson 1
Understanding History

2. Imagine that we are making a class time capsule to bury in the ground and be dug up by a 6th grade class in the year What are three things you would want to include that lets future students know about your life in Think about things you do in school, at home, and for fun.

3. Artifact: object made by someone in the past

4. Nina learned through oral tradition
Nina’s Artifacts
Book about the 1950s
Old TV
Scrapbook
Model Car
Magazines
Hula Hoop

5. Historians use SOURCES to study History
Primary Sources
Materials created DURING the time period of study
FROM
Secondary Sources
Records of the past based on primary sources
ABOUT
Artifacts
Photographs
Clothing
Letters
Diaries
Textbooks
Encyclopedias
Classroom Posters
Teachers
Books ABOUT a subject

6. Primary or Secondary
Imagine we are studying Ancient Egypt. Look at all the sources below. Identify which would be considered primary and which would be considered secondary.

7. Primary or Secondary
Imagine we are studying life in the 1990s. Look at all the sources below. Identify which would be considered primary and which would be considered secondary.

8. What Do Historians Use?
A combination of both primary and secondary sources!