Reading Tiemlines Song

What are the first two steps in creating a timeline?

• Draw a horizontal line and then add a title.

• Add a title and then draw a horizontal line.

• Add events and then add a title.

• Draw a vertical line and then add a title.

What do B.C. and B.C.E. stand for?

• Before Christ and Before the Current Era

• Before Christ and Before the Common Era

• Before Century and Before the Christian Era

• Before Civilization and Before the Current Epoch

What do C.E. and A.D. stand for?

• Current Era and After Death

• Common Era and Anno Domini

• Christian Era and Ancient Dates

• Common Epoch and After Discovery

How are dates read on a timeline?

• From right to left, with decreasing dates indicating A.D.

• From left to right, with decreasing dates indicating B.C.

• From top to bottom, with increasing dates indicating B.C.

• From bottom to top, with decreasing dates indicating A.D.

Put these dates in chronological order

Groups:

(a) This date comes first

,

(b) This date comes second

,

(c) This date goes last

• 1100 CE

• 1000 BCE

• 1200 BC

Place these dates in chronological order

Groups:

(a) This date goes first

,

(b) This date goes second

,

(c) This date goes last

• 3000 BC

• 2100 AD

• 1500 BCE