How do fossils and artifacts help teach us about the past?

Fossils and artifacts help teach us about the past by providing an idea on when an animal lived or how civilization lived HOPE THIS HELPED ........BTW IM 11 YEARS OLD BUT JUST CUZ IM 11 DOESN'T MEAN IM NOT RIGHT WE HAD TO DO A TEST ON THIS STUFF AND I GOT A 100 SO BELIEVE ME..... :).

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.