Here is something amazing: history is not finished. It is still being written every single day — and YOU are in it!
One day, kids in the future will study OUR time. They might learn about the phones we use, the games we play, and the problems we solve. To them, today will be 'the old days!'
You are also making your own history. Your family's stories, your drawings, your adventures — these are the records of your life. Just like the pioneers wrote in journals and Lincoln wrote speeches, what you make and do today can be remembered tomorrow. What will YOUR chapter of history say?
1. Is history finished? Explain.
2. What might future kids learn about OUR time?
3. How are you already making history records like the pioneers did?
Write what each word means in your own words.
Write a letter to a kid living 100 years from now! Tell them about your life today. What do you eat? What do you play? What do you love? What do you wonder about their world?
Dear Kid of the Future,
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From, ____________________ (a kid of today)
A time capsule is a box of today's treasures saved for the future. List four things you would put in yours.
| Item for my time capsule | What it shows about today |
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1. What is one good thing you want to do that people might remember?
2. What do you hope the world is like in 100 years?
Write T for true or F for false in each circle.
| I learned... | Circle one |
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| History is still being written | YES / NOT YET |
| I wrote a letter to the future | YES / NOT YET |
| I planned my time capsule | YES / NOT YET |