, Unit 1: Find out what is happening in a local area today
Glossary
Term Definition
Maintenance Conversation in which you ask someone questions.
Monument Something built to remember someone or something.
Pictures
• Pictures show how people live.
• You can see what houses and plants look like.
Written things
• Newspapers say what's happening in town.
• Letters show how people feel.
Stories and interviews
• You can ask questions to people in your community.
• In this way, you learn more about their work or places.
Objects
• Things like statues tell stories.
• The donkey monument shows how donkeys helped with work.
Remember!
• You can learn by watching, reading, and asking.
• Each place has its own stories.
• The past helps us to understand better today.
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Glossary
Term Definition
Maintenance Conversation in which you ask someone questions.
Monument Something built to remember someone or something.
Pictures
• Pictures show how people live.
• You can see what houses and plants look like.
Written things
• Newspapers say what's happening in town.
• Letters show how people feel.
Stories and interviews
• You can ask questions to people in your community.
• In this way, you learn more about their work or places.
Objects
• Things like statues tell stories.
• The donkey monument shows how donkeys helped with work.
Remember!
• You can learn by watching, reading, and asking.
• Each place has its own stories.
• The past helps us to understand better today.
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