This guidebook is intended to help high school students discover the connection between themselves and the people from the past by being engaged in hands-on activities. The guidebook allows students to create artifacts or recreate a process known well to people from times past. The guide is arranged to provide historical background, materials lists, and procedures for each activity. Activities focus on the following: (1) "Marbled Paper"; (2) "Cornbread"; (3) "Hornbooks"; (4) "Quill Pens"; (5) "Paper"; (6) "Envelopes"; (7) "Candles"; (8) "Pierced Tin Lanterns"; (9) "Wool: Spun and Dyed"; (10) "Egg Tempra"; (11) "Tie Dye"; (12) "Quilts"; (13) "Living History Day"; and (14) "Other Ways to Witness History." A six-item bibliography and a list of five organizations of great help are also included. Contains 23 references. (EH)