In this article, the authors describe how a time capsule project helped students at Ridgedale Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennessee understand the nature of events and the relationships of events in a segment of history. The time capsule preparation motivated students to hypothesize about important events and significant artifacts of their…

History consists of events and things that happened in the distant or the recent past. Students can make a time capsule to leave a piece of history for the future to discover. Time capsule items should be carefully selected, preserved, labeled, stored in a sealed container, and buried with a marker to indicate the site. (JDD)