History Vocab
What three words can you use to talk about time - before now, now, and after now?
What verb means to think about something from the past?
To remember!
What is something you can remember?
What are three things you can do at the fair?
Ride the roller coaster, ride the ferris wheel, visit the animals, eat a snack, watch the demolition derby, and more!
Do you enjoy studying history? Why?
Maybe you like to learn about the past! Or maybe you like to think about what life was like for other people!
What does recently mean? What does ago mean?
Recently = something that happened close to now (in the present)
Ago = before now (in the past)
What is a verb that means to talk about something with a group of people?
To discuss!
What do you like to discuss?
What is the name of the event where cars crash into each other?
Demolition derby!
Have you ever seen a demolition derby? Would you like to?
What is your favorite time in history? Why?
Was it thousands of years ago? Or recent history?
What is the word for ten years?
A decade!
What year was a decade ago?
What is a phrasal verb that means to think of the past?
To look back!
Can you use look back in a sentence?
What phrasal verb do you use to tell someone to wait?
Hold on!
Hold on has a second meaning - do you remember it?
Why is it important to learn about history?
It is important to learn about history because...
What is the word for one hundred years?
A century!
What year was a century ago?
What is a phrasal verb that means to make a decision or to do something after a long time?
To end up!
Can you use end up in a sentence?
What phrasal verb do you use to say you are spending time with your friends?
To hang out!
Bonus 50 points: Use hang out in a sentence!
Should we learn more about the great heroes of history, or more about normal people? Why?
Why heroes? Why normal people? What can you learn from both of them?
What is the word for a line of powerful people who are related to each other, and control a country over time?
A dynasty!
Bonus 100 points: How many dynasties were there in ancient China?
What is a phrasal verb that means to discover something, like a fact or new information?
To find out!
What is something interesting you have found out recently?
Do you like to go on rides, like roller coasters or ferris wheels? Why or why not?
I like to go on rides because...
I do not like to go on rides because...
If you could travel back in time, what time would you go to? Why?
Would you like to go back thousands of years, or just a few decades? What would you do?