HistoryPine View Elementary

3rd Grade

What is History?

•History is the study of events that happened in the past and objects found from the past.

Where Can History Be Found?

• Everywhere!– Cemeteries– Museums– Newspapers– Attics– Games– Letters– Re-enactments– Names

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.

Examples of Great Places to Find History

• The Museum of Natural History, New York• http://www.amnh.org/ology/

American History of Natural History

Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History

• http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/index.cfm

American Museum of Natural History

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.

Books to Check Out!

• The Tomb of the Boy King– By: John Frank

• So You Want to Be President?– By: George, Judith & David Small

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?