4th Grade SS REVIEW

Why is studying history important?

• To plan future inventions

• To make up stories about people

• To understand the past and learn from it

• To understand weather patterns and seasons

How do historians learn about the past?

• By guessing what happened

• By using tools and evidence from long ago

• By asking people in the future

• By watching fictional movies about the past

Which of the following is NOT a historian tool?

• A picture taken at the time of an event

• A map from the past

• An original letter from a soldier

• A fictional movie

What is a primary source?

• A story someone made up

• A tool used in science

• A source from the time something happened

• A book that explains someone else’s research

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?

• A diary written during the event

• A newspaper from the same day it happened

• A textbook describing the event years later

• A photograph taken at the scene

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What tool helps historians organize events in order?

• A globe

• A timeline

• A photo album

• A drawing

What do historians learn from artifacts?

• How to make new tools

• How people lived long ago from the things they had

• What the future will look like

• What life will look like in ten years

Why is it important to understand different perspectives in history?

• So we only hear one side of the story

• Because everyone always agrees

• To make one version of history the only one

• To understand the full story by seeing how different people experienced events

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

How can understanding how people felt in the past help us learn from history?

• It helps us make the same mistakes

• It helps us understand their actions and make better choices today

• It shows that emotions are not important in history

• It allows us to copy everything exactly the same

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the image below used for?

• To find cardinal directions

• To find intermediate directions

• To find absolute location

• To find relative location