​In the name of Allah let's begin our lesson for toady

​May Allah Protect Saudi Arabia and all Arabic countries.

​Week :2

​Day : Wednesday

​Teacher: Aziza

​Subject: Social Studies

​Period: 5

​Class: 6B & 6A

​An Approach Towards the Past

​A handwritten book is called a manuscript. Before the discovery of printing , books were handwritten on palm leaves and on bark of birch trees. The ancient manuscript give a lot of information about religion beliefs and practices , life of kings, medicine, science and literature.

​Manuiscripts

​The text written on stone slabs is called an inscription.

​Coins

Coins : a coin gives information about the king of the past periods because coins usually contained the image of the king.​

​Coins also tell us the level of skill among artisans

​ِArchaeological Sites:

​1. Sites where historical remains are found are called archaeological sites.

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​2. Old buildings and monuments also come under archaeological sites.

​Dates are very important while studying history because dates help in arranging events in sequence.

​There are two distinct terms in history.

​1. BC stands for "Before Christ"

​2. AD stands for "Anno Domini which means " In the Year of the Lord.

​History is the study of the past. The story of humankind 's past is called history.

​History tells us about various developments which have taken place in the human society in different periods.

​Historians study history by using clues from the past. they are the people who describe the past.

​Archaeological digs

​manuscripts

​1. History helps us in knowing more about the past kings, kingdoms and societies.

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​History tells us about the way people lived

​History tells us about the occupations of people in the past.

​History tells us about the great achievements of our ancestors..

​History tells us about the literatures, religion, art.

​Historian divided the past into two periods: