Why do we learn History?

History

• studies the future

• is a record of past events

Historians use the following clues to study the past

• Documents

• pictures

• Both

you should learn Histotory

• in order to contribute to make a better world

• to make worse decisions

• to become powerful and rich

Learning about the past helps us _________ the present.

• duplicate
• restore
• avoid
• understand

Which of the following is a true statement about studying history?

• The past is not worth studying.
• The past was always better.
• The past helps us make decisions.
• The past needs to be forgotten.

Events that happened in the past help explain why _________

• We speak the language that we do
• We use the technologies that we use
• We enjoy certain pastimes (activities)
• All answers are correct

When we talk about "the past" we mean ________

• The time of the cavemen
• Important events like wars
• Everything that happened before today
• Before the modern era

Your age in 6th grade is just longer than a _______.

• era

• millennium

• century

• decade

What happened FIRST in the History of our school?

• Everyone in Year 2 started Kindy

• Mr Dickinson became our Principal

• The Holy Cross fire

• The Sisters of St Joseph started Holy Cross

Which items do you think come from the PAST?

(there is more than 1 correct answer)

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