My grandmother found a diary written by a daughter of a Civil War soldier dated from 1863-1865. She talked about what the war was like in New Orleans.

I went visit my grandmother. She gave me a chest. The chest was filled with her childhood items. She told me that she loved her doll and toys. When I opened it, I found her toys, some photographs and her birth certificate.

I went to the library and found a newspaper written in 2005 about the first Louisiana Indian tribes.

Yesterday, my brother Sam wrote a story about the Louisiana Purchase which occurred in 1803.

One Louisiana Governor was Huey P. Long. He gave a “Share the Wealth” speech in 1934. There is a film (video clip) of Huey Long giving his speech in 1934.

One famous painter in the 16th century was Leonardo Da Vinci. He painted a special picture called the “Mona Lisa.” That original painting is hanging in a museum in France.

At our town museum, I saw many old tools, spinning wheels and other artifacts from the year 1899.

My grandmother wrote letters to her cousin about Mardi Gras festivals in New Orleans in 1959. She found the mask that my granny wore that year. My cousin found the box of letters and the mask and mailed the package to me.

I wanted to do a report on how Acadian people arrived here in Louisiana. I interviewed someone who knew about it. I couldn’t interview anyone who was there, because they are not living anymore. I made a video last week about Acadian life in the 1800’s.

My father told me a story about how the Superdome was built in the 1970’s. My dad was 19 years old when it opened in 1975. He said he remembers everything about the opening. My dad told me the story. He took pictures and bought souvenirs that day.

When I went visit my great grandmother last summer, I found a box of old postcards that her grandfather mailed while he was fighting in World War I.

A month ago, I read a book about the Civil War. I enjoyed learning about the Civil War very much. I had to make a report, so I wrote my research paper on how the Civil War began in 1861.

When I went to the library last week, I saw a map that was made in 1960. It shows the streets and roads in my town at that time. It was a surveyors map that the mayor of the town wanted to have printed at that time.

When my mom was born, my grandmother started a diary for my mother. She wrote about what was happening at the time she was born. In the diary, she also put my mom’s birth certificate, baby pictures, newspaper articles, a snip of her hair and the document with her baby handprints and footprints.

At a museum in Washington D.C., a historian found a letter written by Abraham Lincoln in 1864.

I was looking in the attic for information about my great, great grandfather. I found his birth certificate, his high school diploma, some letters he wrote during World War II, his uniform, his wedding ring and his marriage certificate to my great, great grandmother.

My great grandfather sang a song on old recorder. The museum has the audio tape of his singing. On the tape his says the year is 1935 and then he sings his old French song.

Your teacher told the class stories about World War II.

President Obama wrote a book about the Civil War.