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NCERT History Class 3 - Timeline Sources
- The word past refers to the time that has gone by. It is the time before ‘now’ . The word ‘history’ comes from the French word for ‘story’ .
How do we remember the important parts of this long story?
TimeLine
- We use the correct order of events to remember and understand the past. A timeline shows events in the order in which they happened.
An Example of a Timeline
- On a timeline, the first event is on the left-hand side. The latest event is on the right-hand side. But how do we learn about history?
Sources of History
- We need objects, materials and written stories to study the past. These are called sources of history.
- Stories that we hear about the past are also sources of history. These sources may or may not be written.
- The three types of sources of history are:
- oral sources: stories, songs and poems that people remember
- Written sources: writing on stone, wood, metal, paintings on walls and papers
- Material sources: materials used to make buildings, tools, clothes, jewelrry and other such materials
Understanding History
- The need To Study History Different people study history for different reasons. A doctor studies history to understand the different diseases and treatments of the past.
- A journalist studies history to understand present events better. An architect learns about ways of constructing buildings and the materials used in the past.
- The study of materials helps them understand which materials are strong and which are weak.
- This helps them make new buildings better. Some reasons to study history are:
- To understand the stories of people in different situations
- To know why events happened in the past
- To help us understand the changes in the world
- To help us become better citizens
- We use different sources of history to learn different things about the past.
Sources of history | What can we learn from them? |
Oral sources | languages spoken, everyday activities and festivals |
written sources | Rules, famous people and places |
material sources | commonly used objects, materials used to make things |
Ways of Learning About Personal History
- Every person also has a past or personal history. What sources tell us about the personal histories of our grandparents? Some sources of their personal histories are:
- Oral sources: listening to the stories that people remember about themselves. These are usually not written down.
- Written sources: reading their written records such as letters and diaries, and looking at their photographs and video recordings.
- Material sources: looking at their clothes, jewelrry and other belongings.
Archaeologist՚s and Historians
- Archaeologists and historians work together to learn about the past. They find out about different people and groups. Here is how archaeologists and historians work:
New Words
- Event – something that has happened, is happening or will happen
- Disease – something that makes a living being ill or unwell
- Journalist – someone who writes about events for a newspaper or magazine
- Architect – someone who plans how a house or any building will look like and how it will be made
- Archaeologist – someone who finds and studies objects and places used in the past
- Historian – someone who collects information about the past from different sources to write a complete story