DeWitt History
Timelines
Past vs. Present
Literature
Vocabulary
100
This person is known for being the first settler of DeWitt
Who is Captain David Scott
100
This would be the first even on our second grade timeline
What is Open House/Meet the Teacher Night
100
These types of roads would be in the past
What are dirt roads or wagon trails
100
Name 2 things the Ox Cart Man sold at the market
What are brooms, wood shingles, yoke, ox, cart, maple syrup, gloves etc.
100
This is an item from long ago
What is an artifact
200
In 1930 this horrible event destroyed most of downtown DeWitt
What is a fire
200
This event occurred at the end of February
What is the Reading Month Concert
200
These types of homes would be from the past
What are tepees or wooden cabins
200
These were the first inhabitants in the story "The House on Maple Street"
What are the animals
200
This means 10 years
What is a decade
300
This Indian Chief was a leader in the 1830's
Who is Chief Okemos
300
A tree shows its own timeline through these
What is the rings of its trunk
300
Long ago students would use this instead of dry erase boards
What are chalk or slate boards
300
This body of water became polluted from paper pulp
What is a river
300
The study of the past
What is history
400
This type of transportation could take you from Lansing to St. Johns
What is the Electric Railroad
400
My grandmother's birthday would appear in this place on a timeline compared to my birthday
What is before
400
Today we have light bulbs, but long ago they used this
What are candles or oil lamps
400
These two items were found in the ground from many years ago in the story "A House on Maple Street"
What are a tea cup and an arrowhead
400
A person who studies history
What is a historian
500
This building was the original High School in DeWitt
What is Fuerstenau
500
Events on a timeline are placed in this type of order
What is chronological (from past to present)
500
Historians learn about history from these 3 things
What are photographs, events, books, artifacts, talking to older generations, research
500
Abraham kept many important papers in this
What is a hat
500
This shows events in chronological order
What is a timeline
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