Assessment Directions: As you may remember, archaeologists study artifacts left behind by peoples and cultures of the past. Imagine you are organizing a time capsule project in your community to show support for the study and preserving of history. A time capsule is a container that includes a selection of objects that are typical of the present time. Time capsules are then buried for people to dig up in the future. You want people from future generations to learn about your family and friends. You decide to create a sample time capsule to show your community what they might include in their capsules. Before you begin your assignment take a few minutes to review Level 1 of the Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources Activity.

Steps:

Create a time capsule that best represents your history. You should create this time capsule in a presentation format. You will be turning in one file that contains all of your time capsule items. Your time capsule should include the following information:

One primary source from your life.

**Remember, primary sources are documents, images, or artifacts that were created by someone who was an eyewitness at an event or at the time of the event. For your primary source you might want to include items such as a picture, a journal entry, or baby teeth.

One secondary source from your life.

**Remember, secondary sources are items created after an event occurred, using primary sources as references. For your secondary source you might want to ask an adult about an event that happened in your life that you were too young to remember. Then you will write out a short story about that event. This story then becomes a secondary source since you are retelling an event using the adult as the primary source for reference.

A timeline from your life.

**Your timeline should include at least five important events in your life. You should write a 1–2 sentence description of each event.