Lesson 1.3 Timeline Vocabulary

Imagine you're a time traveler! How would you visually arrange historical events in order by date?

• Would you use intervals?

• Would you arrange them chronologically?

• Would you create a timeline?

• Would you use BC?

Imagine you're a time traveler! How would you arrange the events you've witnessed, based on the date or time they occurred?

• Would you use a multi-tier-timeline?

• Or maybe arrange them in BCE?

• Perhaps in present-day order?

• Or would you prefer chronological order?

Imagine you're a time traveler! What would you call the spaces between each date on your timeline?

• interval

• spaces

• historical source

• AD

Imagine you're a time traveler! You have two timelines from the same era, but they're stacked on top of each other. What would you call this?

• BC

• Gregorian calendar

• multitier timeline

• timeline

Pop quiz time! Do you know the name of the calendar we use today, which was introduced in 1582 and named after Pope Gregory XII?

• Is it the Present-day calendar?

• Could it be the Gregorian calendar?

• Maybe it's the Historical Calendar?

• Or is it the Future Calendar?

Let's take a trip back in time! Do you know what we use to indicate dates before 0 A.D., also known as "Before Christ"?

• Is it AD?

• Could it be BCE?

• Maybe it's MD?

• Or is it BC?

Let's time travel! What term is used to indicate dates after 0 A.D., also known as "Anno Domini"?

• BC

• BCE

• MD

• AD

Let's take a trip back in time! Do you know what we call the period 'Before Common Era', which is also a synonym for 'B.C.'?

• CE

• MD

• BCE

• BC

Let's travel back in time! Can you tell me what we use to indicate dates after 0 A.D, also known as A.D? It's a fun way to remember history!

• CE

• MD

• BCE

• BC

Let's play a time travel game! Can you tell me which term refers to the time period we're currently in?

• Are we in Future-day?

• Or, are we in Present-day?

• Maybe, we're in Yesterday?

• Or, are we just in a Timeline?