Evidence from the Past
Understand that everything we know about the past comes from evidence — objects, buildings, pictures, documents, and stories that have survived
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When your child learns about something that happened long ago, do they ask how we know about it — and understand that someone had to find or leave behind that evidence?
Understand that everything we know about the past comes from evidence — objects, buildings, pictures, documents, and stories that have survived
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- Wineburg historical thinking framework
- Historical Thinking in the Elementary Years (ERIC)
“When your child learns about something that happened long ago, do they ask how we know about it — and understand that someone had to find or leave behind that evidence?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Meta
- Subject
- History
- Domain
- Historical Thinking
- Age range
- Ages 6–7