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Change over time

Change and continuity, turning points, heritage and traditions. Read one part at a time and tap “I know this”. Then test yourself in the quiz.

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Heritage and tradition

  • Heritage: things from the past we keep for the future. Old buildings show how people lived before.
  • A tradition is passed down the generations; some disappear because life changes. Heritage Day, on 24 September, celebrates our cultures.
  • A museum’s main task is to preserve the past. A community protects its heritage by recording stories and caring for places.
The same street, a hundred years later.
The same street, a hundred years later.
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How we study change

Old photos and talks with older people show how your town looked. Grandma’s story about her coal stove is an oral source. Small towns shrank when trains stopped stopping there. When a community forgets its history, knowledge is lost: so write your own history down carefully.

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Remember this: your summary
  • Change over time: things are different now from before. What stays the same is continuity.
  • People still need food, water and shelter; how we travel and communicate has changed most.
  • A turning point brings a great change; a gradual change happens very slowly.
  • Electricity changed homes most: before it, candles and oil lamps, washing by hand.
  • Prehistory: the time long ago before writing. Archaeology studies what people left behind.

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Memory trick

Change = what is different. Continuity = what continues the same.

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Important words

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