History labs invite students to examine primary and secondary source documents related to an essential question. The sources used in a history lab should represent multiple perspectives so that students are aware of the varying accounts of and opinions about historic events. By being exposed to multiple perspectives, students also learn about alternative views to the dominant narrative. As they apply historical thinking skills in the lab activity, students develop evidence-based answers to compelling and supporting questions that have been presented. While these labs are primarily used to guide students in examining events of the past, we have found that they can also serve to connect the past to current events. By having students examine the historical background behind contemporary issues, they can understand why some current situations have become contentious. The authors conducted a history lab with 25 fourth and fifth grade students at an elementary school in North Carolina, on the topic of George Washington's enslavement of African Americans at his plantation at Mount Vernon. The purpose was to have students examine who we honor, how and why we honor an individual, and how time can change our view of that person as we examine the evidence of history and place it in context.