1. History Pine View Elementary 3 rd Grade

2. What is History? History is the study of events that happened in the past and objects found from the past.

3. Where Can History Be Found? Everywhere! – Cemeteries – Museums – Newspapers – Attics – Games – Letters – Re-enactments – Names

4. What Do We Learn About in History? Past Civilizations – Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, Native Americans, – Explorers, Kings and Queens, Dinosaurs War – Why did countries argue? Immigration – Where did people come from to get to America? There are many, many more exciting things to learn about in history.

5. Examples of Great Places to Find History The Museum of Natural History, New York http://www.amnh.org/ology/

6. American History of Natural History

7. Museum of Natural History

8. American Museum of Natural History http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/index.cfm

9. American Museum of Natural History

10. History is All Around You You can find history on a main street in your town or even at school, you are creating history all of the time.

11. Books to Check Out! The Tomb of the Boy King – By: John Frank So You Want to Be President? – By: George, Judith & David Small

12. Your Job Create a time line of your life history. Think of important things that have happened in your life and put them on a time line. – Start with when you were born – What is something special that happened? Lost a tooth? Went on Vacation? Broke your Arm? Had a Birthday?