Why Study History

An expert who studies the past by examining objects.

• Archaeologists

• Archaeology
• Argument

• Artifact

An object made or used by people in the past.

• Artifact
• Archaelogists

• Fossil

• Prehistoric

The study of human culture and how it develops over time.

• Artifact

• Anthropology
• Inquiry

• Geographer

The position that researchers take about a particular topic, based on the evidence that they have gathered

• Argument

• Anthropology
• Historian

• Geographer

Geography expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

• Argument

• Prehistoric

• Historian

• Geographer

An expert who studies and records the past

• Argument

• Prehistoric

• Historian

• Primary Source

A document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred

• Secondary Source

• Prehistoric

• Ritual

• Primary Source

Relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

• Secondary Source

• Inquiry

• Ritual

• Primary Source

A document or other record of past events created by someone who was NOT present during the events or the time period in which they occurred

• Secondary Source

• Inquiry

• Ritual

• Primary Source

In history, the process of exploring the answers to questions about a certain time and place

• Secondary Source

• Inquiry

• Ritual

• Primary Source