Do you struggle with the question, "But WHY do we need to know this?" Let your students answer their own questions with this deep-thinking first-day-of-school station activity! After students complete paraphrasing each station, they state why they think history is important overall on a card. Hang your favorite card responses around the poster to look back on all year long. This activity is sure to save you from the question, "Why do we need to know this?" time and time again! This product contains: Teacher guide Answer guide *NEW!* 6 quotes on the importance of history for 6 stations (quotes are from Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King, Jr., George Patton, Mark Twain, C. Wright Mills, Howard Zinn) Worksheets for students to complete at the stations Poster Cards for students to write their viewpoint on the overall importance of studying history to hang around the poster