Understanding History

& Time

Mrs. Rida

Timelines (Part 2)

AD and BCCE and BCE

Recap• What is a timeline?• What are the different things we show on a timeline?

Share!

• Share your timelines with the members in your group.

• You have 1 minute to do this.

Do now• Keep the answers of the questions given in the

last lesson ready. • Think about the events that happened:

Before my birth After my birthUse handout 1 to write these events.

Think and write

•Arrange these events in chronological order

Let us put this on a timeline

using Handout 3.

Let us put this on a timeline

using Handout 3.

Before Birth After Birth

After Birth1. I fled my country in 1997.2. I got married when in 2008.3. I had my daughter in 2010.

Before Birth1. My brother was born in 1979.2. My parents got married in 1978. 3. My sister was born

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Timeline

Think and answer

•Why did we put our names in the middle?

Calendars

•Different cultures in the world have created different calendars to count time and events.

Calendars•Some are lunar (based on the moon) and some are solar (based on the sun) .

• People started counting from the event of their Lord Krishna’s return to his home.

Hindu Calendar

• People started counting years from the event of Buddha’s death.

Buddhist Calendar

How to Read Timelines

More Ancient (old) More Recent (new)

Terms to know

• B.C. = Before Christ / or B.C.E. = Before Common Era– Any time before the year zero

• Higher the number the older the date

• A.D = After Death / C.E. = Common Era– Any time after the year zero

• Higher the number the more modern (recent) the date

This will help …

What Century are we in? • Another tricky History trap is that Centuries

are always expressed as 1 ahead of the actual numerical year– This is because the year 1 AD is considered the

beginning of the 1st Century. – For example: Always take out the zeros

Years Century

0-100 1st Century

101-200 2nd Century

501-600 6th Century

1101-1200 12th Century

1901-2000 20th Century

2001-2100 21st century

Name: Core: Formative Assessment: Reading

Timelines1. Is the current year 2014 BCE or BC? (Circle one)

2. Which date is more recent 1492 BCE or 2008 BC? (Circle one)

3. Which date is more recent 2010 BC or 100 BC? (Circle one)

4. What century are we currently in? _______

5. What century is the year 1854 A.D/BCE in? ______

6. What is today’s date if it’s the first year of the 17th Century?

October _____, _____

Name: Core: Formative Assessment: Reading

Timelines1. Is the current year 2014 BCE or BC? (Circle one)

2. Which date is more recent 1492 BCE or 2008 BC? (Circle one)

3. Which date is more recent 2010 BC or 100 BC? (Circle one)

4. What century are we currently in? _______

5. What century is the year 1854 A.D/BCE in? ______

6. What is today’s date if it’s the first year of the 17th Century?

October _____, _____