1. History is the story of the past.  It tells about people, places, events, and objects from the past.  

2. There are different kinds of history.

         Personal history is everything that happens to you as you grow up.

         Family history is the things that your family did in the past.

         There is also history about countries that tells the things that                   happened in their past.

3. Some things people did long ago are the same as things we do today.    Families long ago needed food and clothing. Today families need the same things. Children long ago went to school.  Today children go to school.

4. Some things we do today are different from years ago.
Years ago many families grew their own food and sewed their own clothes.  Today most people shop in stores to buy food and clothes. 

5. A timeline shows the order in which events happen.

6. An ancestor is a relative who lived long before your grandparents.

7. Culture is a way of life for a group of people.