🚨 WORD ALERT! Vocabulary
What is a tool that shows the days, weeks, and months of the year?
Calendar
What do we call events that have already happened?
Past
What is the study of the past called?
history
Which holiday celebrates the reasons people are thankful?
Thanksgiving
What do we call people who study history?
Historians
What shows events in the order they happen?
Timeline
What do we call what is happening right now or today?
present
What is one way people communicated in the past?
letters or old-fashioned telephones
On what date is Juneteenth celebrated?
June 19
What is an object made or used by people in the past called?
artifact
What word means the order that events happen?
Chronological
What do we call events that will happen later?
future
Name one modern tool people use to communicate today.
smartphone
What holidays do we celebrate as Muslims?
Eid ul Adha and Eid ul Fitr
What word describes the first people to live in a place?
Indigenous
What does it mean to create something new using your imagination?
Invent
Name two tools we use to tell time.
Clocks and watches
What do we call something new that someone has made?
Invention
What is a national holiday?
A holiday recognized by a nation or country.
What is a place where people can read books and journals?
library
What does freedom mean, and what does recognize mean?
Freedom means not being under someone else's control. Recognize means to celebrate as being important.
Put these events in chronological order: graduate high school, learn to walk, start school.
Learn to walk, start school, graduate high school.
Name two ways life has changed over time in the United States.
Communication, schools, businesses, technology, or the environment have changed.
What is a festival, and what are two activities people might enjoy at one?
A festival is a type of celebration. People might enjoy games, food, or rides.
Name three things historians study to learn about people who lived long ago.
Photographs, maps, journals, and artifacts.