1. Illustrated by Gershom Griffith Beethoven Street Elementary School
"Oral History"
By T. Marie Kryst
Illustrated by Gershom Griffith
Corby Arthur
Third Grade
Beethoven Street Elementary School

2. records noun page 120
written accounts

3. The first people to keep records and write down the history and stories of their ancestors were probably the ancient Egyptians and the Chinese.
Some families keep written records in journals to pass down through the generations.

4. ancestors noun page 120
people from whom one is descended

5. The first people to keep records and write down the history and stories of their ancestors were probably the ancient Egyptians and the Chinese.
My uncle traced our ancestors back ten generations.

6. recited verb page 120
repeated from memory

7. Members of a clan or tribe gathered around campfires and recited poetry and sang songs.
My sister recited a poem she had memorized for the school show.

8. inherited verb page 121
received property or money of a person who has died

9. One report tells of a New Zealand tribal chief who had to recite the story of his people – thirty-four generations worth – in other to prove his right to land he had inherited.
I inherited most my clothes from my older brother once he outgrew them.

10. folklore noun page 122
tales of traditions handled down from one generation to the next

11. These students collected stories, songs, and mountain folklore from neighbors, family members, and other people who lived in their part of the Appalachian Mountains.
Fables and fairy tales are types of folklore.