Is there a box at home with things in it that your family has saved? It may hold your old report cards and drawings. Maybe it contains your mom’s yearbooks or your dad’s childhood baseball.
These items are sources, or places from which you can get information. Sources that are objects from the past are called artifacts. Artifacts help families remember the past. They can also help families learn about their heritage, which has been passed down by their ancestors.
Here are artifacts from Jorge’s family’s box. Some are documents, or papers. Others are objects. What can you learn about his family’s history?
