Grade 5, Lesson Outline: Chapter 3, Lesson 1

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
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Chapter 3, Lesson 1: What Is History? (pp. 58-61)

I. Knowing What Happened

A. John Adams was a lawyer who defended the British soldiers following the Boston Massacre.

B. John Adams talked to witnesses to discover what happened.

C. No two witnesses told the same story.

D. John Adams proved the soldiers were innocent, but realized no one ever knows all that happened in any event in the past.

II. Studying the Past

B. Knowing where evidence came from helps historians understand it.

C. Historians put the events in order and show how one event leads to another.

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