Dear Timekeepers,

Yesterday we studied timelines. They are very useful tools for historians because they help us organize the jumble of events that happened in history. More importantly, they emphasize the events that were most important to history.

Your job as a student of history is to create a mental timeline of the most important events in human history. That requires a lot of close reading, reflection, and study.

This is your job in school: Work hard to learn things about the world. This world needs more knowledgeable people to make decisions about our future.

Sincerely,

Mr. H