S. Studies Review 6th SWKS Wk. 2

What is history?

• History is the story of the past.

• History is what you can do today.

• History is when we talk about the present.

A monument is...

• people who have lived in your community for many years

• a statue that honors a person or event

• is a statue that honors a state

A timeline shows...

• the order in which events happened

• events that will happen in your future

• gives clues about a persons life

A __________ is a material that was written or made by someone who saw an event happen.

• journal

• secondary source

• primary source

A ____________, or diary, is a daily record of thoughts and events in a person's life.

• main idea

• journal

• biography

A __________ is written or made by someone who did not see an event happen.

• primary source

• biography

• secondary source

A ___________, or book about another person's life, is a secondary source.

• biography

• autobiography

• journal

The __________ is in the front of a book. It lists the titles of all the chapters in the book.

• index

• glossary

• table of contents

The __________ is in the back of a book. It lists the topics in the book in alphabetical order and the page number where they can be found.

• table of contents

• index

• title

The __________ is also in the back of a book. It gives the meaning of difficult words that were used in the book.

• glossary

• table of contents

• index