CONTENT STATEMENT
Photographs, letters, artifacts, and books can be used to learn about the past.
CONTENT ELABORATION
Photographs, letters, artifacts, and books provide children a first opportunity to interpret primary sources. Primary sources are records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.
At this level, children begin to talk about photographs, letters, artifacts, and books to learn about their past, if these resources are available.
EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING
Communicate information and draw conclusions about the past using photographs, letters, artifacts, and books.