Grade 3 Historical Thinking Worksheet
Explore historical thinking skills for 3rd graders, focusing on timelines, primary and secondary sources, and understanding change over time.
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Grade 3 Historical Thinking
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you think like a historian!
1. A shows events in the order that they happened.
2. When we study history, we learn about things that happened in the .
3. The year 2020 came the year 2021.
4. Which of these is a PRIMARY source?
A textbook about dinosaurs
A diary from a person who lived 100 years ago
A movie about the American Revolution
A website explaining ancient Egypt
5. Which of these is a SECONDARY source?
An old photograph of your grandparents
A letter written by a famous historical person
A museum exhibit with ancient tools
A biography of George Washington
6. Imagine you are talking to someone from 100 years ago. What is one thing you have today that they would find surprising?
7. Timelines always start with the oldest event on the left.
True
False
8. A historian is like a detective who looks for clues about the past.
True
False
9. Look at the timeline below. It shows some important inventions. Answer the questions that follow.
a. What year was the earliest event on this timeline?
b. What year was the latest event on this timeline?