MassachusettsHISTORY EXPLORERS GRADES 3–8
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evidence
Information from a source that helps us test a claim.
source
A document, object, image, or account we can examine.
inference
An explanation based on clues; it still needs checking.
migration
Moving from one place to another to live.
immigrant
A person who moves to another country to live.
estimate
An approximate amount, based on available information.
oral history
A recorded interview about someone’s memories and experiences.
community
People connected by a place, relationships, or shared activities.
ancestry
Family origins across generations.
primary source
Evidence created by someone who experienced a time or event.

Massachusetts & Martha’s Vineyard

History story studio

Create a three-panel story using documented images. Write a factual caption and, if useful, clearly labeled imagined dialogue.

Do not put invented words in quotation marks as if a historical person said them. Speech bubbles here are labeled “Imagined dialogue.” For real quotations, name the speaker and exact source in the evidence notes.

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Aquinnah cliffs

2

Edgartown harbor

3

Massachusetts State House
Aquinnah cliffs

A present-day photograph of a Wampanoag cultural landscape.Image context & sources →
Edgartown harbor

A modern harbor photograph, not a picture of a colonial voyage.Image context & sources →
Massachusetts State House

A present-day photograph of the state government building.Image context & sources →
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