Timelines for Social Studies

Chronological order means

• first to last

• never happened

• will happen in the future

• last to first

A timeline is a ____________ that displays a series of _______ in order.

• person, time

• time, lines

• line, events

In what year was Xbox 360 released?

• 2004

• 2006

• 2005

Chronological is a record of events starting with the ________ and following the __________ in which they occurred.

• earliest, order

• night, day

• latest, order

What was released in 2006?

• Office 2003

• BluRay Players

• Xbox 360

What are 3 reasons why we use timelines?

• To help us tell what time it is in the day.

  To tell us if it is day or night.

  To help us learn.

• To tell us what historical events occurred.

  To see what old times may have looked like with pictures.

  Help us compare what happened then and now.

• Tell us who's birthday it is.

  Tell us when a holiday is in a month.

  Tells us the days of the week.

A ______________________ is a tool used to show the order in which events occur.

• chronological order

• timeline

• horizontal

• event

Timelines should include

• predictions about the future

• important events

• unimportant events

True or False: A biography is about the author's life.

• True

• False

True or False: An autobiography is written by the author.

• True

• False