I Left a Trace:

Trace: noun - a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something

Instructions:
1. Use the chart below, to make a list of all everything that you have done in the last 24
hours (i.e. items that are appropriate to share with the class). (1 mark)

● List of everything that I have done in the last 24 hours:

1. I ate breakfast and left a little 11.

stain on my T-shirt. 12.
13.
2. I walked to school and it was
raining. 14.
3. I entered history class with dirty 15.
shoes from andre. 16.
4. I had gym class in my second 17.
period and did lots of cardio. 18.
5. I went home for lunch and changed 19.
my clothes because they got dirty. 20.
6. I came back to school for science
period 3 and did lots of work.
7. I had math for period 4 and did a big
unit test.
8. I went home at the end of school day
and took a shower.
9.
10.

1. Identify which of the above traces were purposeful. Highlight in green. (1 mark)
5. is purposeful.
2. Identify which of the above traces were accidental. Highlight these in orange. (1
mark) 1. is accidental. 2. is accidental. 3. is accidental. 4. is accidental.

3. Will any of the above traces be preserved? Explain. (1 mark)

No because none of the traces that are above is so important. and it did not affect anyone's
life.

4. Were there any things that you did that left no trace or that left only traces that
would not be preserved? YES OR NO
NO there are no traces that lift.

What does this suggest about the historical record? (1 mark)

I think my traces do not belong anywhere near historical records.
 5. What would future historians think about you if they were able to study your traces?
(1 mark) I think they would say that I had a very boring day. but there are a lot of
traces that were accidentally made and not so much as purposeful.

6. What if they were able to see only those traces that you left purposefully? (1 mark)
There aren't that many purposeful traces that I made. but only the one where I went
home and changed my clothes because they got dirty.

7. What if all the traces of everyone on Earth disappeared and your traces were the
only ones to survive? How much would future historians be able to learn about our
society by studying your traces? (1 mark)
I think through my traces that I made the historians would only know about a day in
my life as a school Schedule day.

8. What other kinds of traces, relics, testimony, and records would help historians
learn about our society? (1 mark)

9. What if historians were trying to study you? What materials – other than those
actually created by you – could they use? (1 mark)

They could use exactly when my classes start and finish. also where I am from and that I
speak more than one language.

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