Past

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/past

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the temporal scope?All events and states of being preceding the present moment
2. What is the methodology of study?Historiography, employing critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, interdisciplinary approaches
3. Why do we study history?Studying history helps us learn why things happen, see how ideas like democracy grew, and find clues to solve today's problems.
4. How do historians find out what happened before?They look at written records, dig up old artifacts, listen to stories passed down, and study objects from the past. Then they check each source for bias and reliability.

Historiography: The study of the writing of history, including methods and interpretations.
Primary Source: An original document or artifact created during the period being studied.
Causality: The relationship between cause and effect; how events lead to other events.