http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Go Back in Time"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1042http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1042<p>On this page, students will find some of the methods historians and curators used to learn about the house at 16 Elm Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts.&nbsp;Students will learn how to use primary source documents, photographs and architectural clues to answer questions such as: Who lived in a house and what the neighborhood was like? When was the house built? How do historians discover how a house changes over time? Also included is a link to <em>House Detective: Finding History in Your Home</em>, a research guide that will help students conduct investigations of their own home.&nbsp;This activity accompanies the online exhibition,&nbsp;<a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/house/">Within These Walls</a>.</p>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:27:27 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=724http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=724<p>Students will learn how the Smithsonian acquired the house at 16 Elm Street Ipswich, Massachusetts and saved more than a dozen family stories and 200 years of American social history. They will also learn some of the methods historians and curators used to learn about this house's past, the ways that it changed over time, and the people who lived in it.</p>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:26:59 GMT