Timelines BC/AD/BCE/CE

What is wrong with this timeline?

• does not have CE or BCE

• it's too short

• only has increases of 100 years

• there is no year zero

what does a timeline tell us?

• tells us a bunch of dates

• Puts historic dates into chronological order

• tells us primary sources

• gives exact dates of historic events

how many year 1's are there?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 4

Why do we use BCE-CE now instead of BC-AD?

• BC-AD is too hard to understand

• BCE-CE are just better

• BC-AD have religion

• timelines are easier to read now.

Ancient Times (BC/BCE) always_____?

• Counts down

• Counts in decades

• counts up

• counts in centuries

Modern Times (AD/CE) always_____?

• counts in decades

• counts down

• counts in centuries

• counts up

Timelines are read from...?

• left to right

• top to bottom

• right to left

• bottom to top

We live in what time period today?

• BCE

• CE

• Middle Ages

• prehistory

What date is closest to today?

• 1966 BC

• 1966 BCE

• 1966 AD

• 1945 CE

Multi-tier timelines allow people to look at only one topic in a time period

• True

• False