Tools of the History Trade
A 3-dimensional object made by humans for human use.
What is an Artifact?
A question that can be answered with a yes or a no or short, factual answer.
What is a closed question?
Before the Common Era and Common Era.
What are BCE and CE?
An older person who gives the hero advice, encouragement, and a weapon or tool that the hero can use on the journey.
What is a Mentor?
A trial that Harry faced in the Sorcerer's Stone trying to save Hermione in the girls' bathroom?
What is fighting a full-grown mountain troll?
A visual representation of an area of land or sea.
What is a map?
A question whose answer is longer and requires more research.
What is an open question?
A date a certain number of years before the birth of Christ.
What is BC?
Challenges or obstacles that the hero faces leading up to his or her biggest challenge and where the hero meets his friends and foes.
What are Trials/ Allies and Enemies?
A pen named Anaklusmos or Rip Tide was given to this hero by his father.
Who is Percy Jackson?
Published texts that provide information on a specific event, person, or thing.
What are Books, Magazines, and Newspapers?
Another name for a web address.
What is a URL?
A span of 100 years.
What is a century?
The hero's darkest hour where he or she must face his/her greatest fear alone.
What is the crisis or ordeal?
The treasure Stanley and Zero found at the top of God's Thumb.
What are onions and water?
A representation of a person or thing in art, such as photos and drawings.
What are images?
The most popular and widely used search engine.
What is Google?
A distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.
What is an era?
The hero has returned and feels a sense of peace and has changed or made a new realization.
What is new life/resurrection?
Sam's ally in My Side of the Mountain is this type of bird.
What is a falcon?
Printed or written items, usually made of paper, which are only used for a short time, such as movie tickets and brochures.
What is ephemera?
Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer.
What are web browsers?
AD is the abbrviation for this, which is a date a certain number of years after the birth of Christ.
What is Anno Domini?
The author of Hero with a Thousand Faces who coined the term "Hero's Journey."
Who is Joseph Campbell?
Bilbo Baggin's mentor who had faith that a small, inexperienced hobbit could be a hero.
Who is Gandolf?