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History: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - History Where You Live (Questions)

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As middle school children develop their understanding of history, they may begin to look around their own locations and notice how things have changed over time in their local environment. This could be in a variety of locations - houses, churches or other buildings, or perhaps their school or local park.

How has the place where you live changed over time?

Older houses where you live may have what?

[ ]	Much smaller windows and doors
[ ]	Only been built last week
[ ]	Been made entirely from plastic
[ ]	Been made from paper

Any enormous trees near you may what?

[ ]	Not be much use to a history detective
[ ]	Fall down tomorrow
[ ]	Have been planted a very long time ago
[ ]	Only have been planted yesterday

How could you find out more about the history of your own house?

[ ]	Ask the police to draw a sketch
[ ]	Look on the internet or at the library
[ ]	Picture it in your mind
[ ]	Write a story about it

What kind of buildings probably wouldn't help you find out about the history of where you live?

[ ]	Public buildings like schools
[ ]	Brand new houses
[ ]	Bridges
[ ]	Railroad stations

What could you look for to help find the age of a house?

[ ]	A neighbor
[ ]	A milkman
[ ]	A parking meter attendant
[ ]	A date stone on the building

What might you find out from looking at an old photograph of your town or village?

[ ]	What people sounded like
[ ]	How many people lived there
[ ]	What the weather was like
[ ]	How things have changed

Which two kinds of buildings are often the oldest in an area?

[ ]	Movie theaters and libraries
[ ]	Shops and offices
[ ]	Pubs and churches
[ ]	Garages and supermarkets

Where could you go to find out what names people had in the past?

[ ]	The supermarket
[ ]	The post office
[ ]	The gasoline station
[ ]	A graveyard

What else could be useful to a history detective?

[ ]	Sturdy shoes
[ ]	A plastic bag
[ ]	Some candies
[ ]	Memorials or monuments

10.

Who could help you find books on local history?

[ ]	A librarian
[ ]	A doctor
[ ]	A grocer
[ ]	A police officer

History: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - History Where You Live (Answers)

Older houses where you live may have what?

[x]	Much smaller windows and doors
[ ]	Only been built last week
[ ]	Been made entirely from plastic
[ ]	Been made from paper

People were shorter in the olden days so doors were smaller. Windows were sometimes taxed and glass was difficult to make so windows were small too!

Any enormous trees near you may what?

[ ]	Not be much use to a history detective
[ ]	Fall down tomorrow
[x]	Have been planted a very long time ago
[ ]	Only have been planted yesterday

Some kinds of tree can take 100 years to fully grow!

How could you find out more about the history of your own house?

[ ]	Ask the police to draw a sketch
[x]	Look on the internet or at the library
[ ]	Picture it in your mind
[ ]	Write a story about it

There are lots of sources which can help you find out how your house might have looked

What kind of buildings probably wouldn't help you find out about the history of where you live?

[ ]	Public buildings like schools
[x]	Brand new houses
[ ]	Bridges
[ ]	Railroad stations

Many old buildings hide a lot of secrets about why and when they were built

What could you look for to help find the age of a house?

[ ]	A neighbor
[ ]	A milkman
[ ]	A parking meter attendant
[x]	A date stone on the building

Older buildings often had a date stone built into them - some modern houses have them too!

What might you find out from looking at an old photograph of your town or village?

[ ]	What people sounded like
[ ]	How many people lived there
[ ]	What the weather was like
[x]	How things have changed

If you compare an old black and white photograph to a modern image, you may spot all sorts of differences!

Which two kinds of buildings are often the oldest in an area?

[ ]	Movie theaters and libraries
[ ]	Shops and offices
[x]	Pubs and churches
[ ]	Garages and supermarkets

Some pubs and churches are hundreds of years old and have a lot of history

Where could you go to find out what names people had in the past?

[ ]	The supermarket
[ ]	The post office
[ ]	The gasoline station
[x]	A graveyard

The graves may tell you some old names not used anymore today

What else could be useful to a history detective?

[ ]	Sturdy shoes
[ ]	A plastic bag
[ ]	Some candies
[x]	Memorials or monuments

There may be dates and names on a monument or memorial and you could find pictures in local history books

10.

Who could help you find books on local history?

[x]	A librarian
[ ]	A doctor
[ ]	A grocer
[ ]	A police officer

Most libraries have a section devoted just to local history!