Name It - Chapter 1

I am a story of real people and events. I help people understand how choices from the past affect

them in the present.

• History

• Historian

• Artifact

• Primary Source

I am like a detective because I try to find clues about the past. I need proof and evidence to find out

what really happened long ago.

• Historian

• History

• Artifact

• Primary Source

I am a type of evidence. I come from people who were there at the time an event took place.

Examples of me are things like diaries, artifacts, and photographs.

• Artifact

• History

• Historian

• Primary Source

I am a primary source used to learn about history. You can examine me instead of reading diaries

or books. I come in many different shapes and sizes.

• Primary Source

• Artifact

• History

• Historian

I am a story that people told out loud. I can also be a song that people sang. I tell how people from

other times felt and what they believed. I am a type of primary source.

• Oral History

• Secondary Source

• Timeline

• Chronology

I am something that is created after an event takes place. I am created by people who were not at

the event, but who have studied the event. Your textbook is an example of me.

• History

• Secondary Source

• Timeline

• Oral History

I am the order in which things happen. Historians study me to see how events are connected, and

what caused certain events.

• Chronology

• Nebraska Hall of Fame

• Historian

• Artifact

I am a tool that helps to put events in order. I can show the impact of an event and help compare

what happened before an event to what happened after an event.

• Timeline

• Artifact

• Oral History

• Primary Source

I am the way people think about something. I am often shaped by a person’s background and

beliefs. Because of me, one event can be understood differently by different people.

• Point of View

• Nebraska Hall of Fame

• History

• Chronology

I am a feature of your textbook that honors people who did something special for our state or

country. If you see my ribbon, you will know you are reading about someone who did something

important for Nebraska.

• Nebraska Hall of Fame

• Point of View

• Timeline

• Secondary Source