Historical Detectives'

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Historical Detectives.

• By Mr Caslin
• Downloaded from www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

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Historical Detectives.

• A bag has been found.
• It contained various items.
• We can use these items to discover what he owner
  is like.
• This is USING EVIDENCE ARTEFACTS.

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This Is The First Object.

• What is it?
• Where is it?
• Who might this be?
• Writing on the back says Write back soon, love
  Angelina.
• There was part of a letter with it. Would you
  like to read it?

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Dear Patty,

• Thanks for your letter. My teacher has arranged
  pen pals for all of the class. I hope one day we
  can meet each other but it is long way from
  Mexico City to Frome. Perhaps we could meet in
  the middle..

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So, What Do We Know So Far?

• What clues have we had?
• Can we start to make assumptions?
• Who might the owner be?

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Here Is The Next Object.

• This is a pin badge.
• What is it?
• Why would you have one?
• What does this tell you about the owner?

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What Does This Object Tell Us?

• Do you know what it is?
• What does this tell us about the persons
  character?
• Remember we are only making ASSUMPTIONS!
• These may not be FACTS!

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The Final Item in the Bag is..

• What is this?
• IS it what you think it is?
• What does it tell us about the owner of the bag?
• Does the rest of the information help us to
  decide what it might be for?

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Time to decide..put all the clues together.
Be a historical detective.
Describe who the bag belongs to.