Timelines

Chronological means

• in the order that events happened

• in order by color

• estimating a date

• the time before written records

Identify the youngest/most recent Chinese Dynasty on this timeline

• Qing Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty

• Shang Dynasty

• Three Kingdoms Dynasty

According to the timeline: What was built first?

• The Great Wall of China in Northern China

• The Grand Canal between Huang He & Yangtze Rivers

• The Silk Road trade route

• Papermaking machines

A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.

• timeline

• chronos

• title

• Anno Domini

Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?

• 100 AD, 200 AD, 300 BC, 150 BC

• 201 BCE, 2000 BCE, 204 CE, 2017 CE

• 450 BC, 200 BC, 100 AD, 980 AD

• 1000BC, 3000 BC, 400 BC, 10 AD

What did the person on this timeline do at 7:15am?

• Wake Up

• Catch the Bus

• Brush Teeth

Timelines are read from

• right to left

• left to right

• upside down

• not read

Timelines must be in _____________ order

• newest to oldest

• guess

• no

• chronological

How many years between 50BC and AD 200?

• 150

• 250

• 450

What is a timeline used for in social studies?

• A) To display the sequence of historical events

• B) To show geographical locations

• C) To list famous personalities

• D) To calculate mathematical problems