Watch a television program with your child that shows people interacting in a family, neighborhood, or work setting. Discuss in the ways the program would be an accurate and inaccurate source of information for future historians. Help your child set up interviews with three neighbors or family members who each remember the same historic event. It could be something famous like the first human landing on the moon, or some family event, like your child's birth. After the interviews, have your child describe the different ways each person remembered the event.
Archaeologists collect and study artifacts to find out about life in the past.
If possible, visit a nearby museum and examine different artifacts. Have your child identify where these items came from, what they were used for, and how old they are. If possible, go to a nearby museum with your child to look at exhibits of tools and artifacts made thousands of years ago. Museum guidebooks and display information should help explain how the tools were made, and what they suggest about the past. Discuss with your child.