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🔍 Evidence from the Past

Everything we know about long ago comes from clues — old objects, buildings, pictures, and stories that survived. Learn to think like a history detective.

lessons

~15 min

to learn

🏛️ History

subject

Ages 6–12

level

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What you’ll learn

Clues from Long AgoName kinds of evidence (objects, buildings, pictures, stories) and explain that we learn the past from surviving clues.Everything we know about long ago comes from clues that survived: objects you can hold, buildings, pictures, and stories people wrote or told. Each clue has a story hiding inside it. Looking closely at these clues is how we learn about the past.
Be a History DetectiveTell real evidence from imagination and ask good questions about a clue.A history detective knows the difference between a real clue that survived and a made-up story from imagination. Real objects, buildings, and pictures are evidence; pretend stories are not. Detectives ask good questions — who used this, when, and what for — to help clues tell their story.

Questions this course answers

How do we learn about people who lived long ago?

We learn about the past from clues — objects, buildings, pictures, and stories that survived.

Which of these is a clue from the past?

A real old object, like a coin that survived, is a true clue from the past.

A history detective trusts...

Detectives of history trust real clues — things that genuinely survived from the past.

What good question should a history detective ask about a clue?

Great questions like 'Who used this? When? What for?' help a clue tell its story.

Grounded in trusted sources

The British Museum
BBC Bitesize

Every Wunder lesson is built from real, reputable sources — never invented.

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