PREHISTORY VS HISTORY Timeline Practice Vocabulary Timeline 1

PREHISTORY VS. HISTORY Timeline Practice & Vocabulary

Timeline #1 – Personal Timeline • Write the word “TODAY” on the right side of the timeline • Write the word “MY BIRTH” on the middle line My birth TODAY

On the right side of the timeline… • Record 5 important events that have happened in your life on your timeline in the correct order – don’t need to have specific years if you don’t remember My birth TODAY How do you know these events actually happened? What is your proof?

On the left side of the timeline… • Think of 3 important historic events that have happened before you were born • Record these on your timeline in the proper spot – don’t worry about exact dates My birth TODAY

Reflection Question #1: How do you know these events actually happened since they happened before you were alive? My birth TODAY

Timeline #2 – Prehistory vs. History Timeline • Mark the following information on Timeline #2 PREHISTORY Writing begins HISTORY TODAY

Discussion What differences might exist between these 2 periods of time? PREHISTORY Writing begins HISTORY TODAY

Reflection Question #2: How would you explain the difference between prehistory and history to an elementary school student? HISTORY PREHISTORY Writing begins TODAY

PREHISTORY VOCAB. Prehistory – the period of time before written records, the years before 3000 B. C.

Stone Age – earliest known period of human culture, tools were made of stone Paleolithic Age - “Old Stone Age” – humans as nomadic hunter-gatherers Neolithic Age “New Stone Age” – humans as settled farmers

nomadic – group that has no permanent home; migrates constantly hunter-gatherers – early humans who moved constantly to follow food sources

Neolithic Revolution – the change from hunter-gatherer society to farming (agriculture)

sedentary – group of humans who are settled in one area; permanent home domesticate – to tame & use animals for a purpose

STONE AGE TIMELINE Paleolithic Age Invention of stone tools Neolithic Age Invention of agriculture Invention of metal tools

HOW DO HISTORIANS TELL TIME? BC vs. AD TIME ERAS

Now it’s your turn! Put the following dates in chronological order. Pay attention to the labels! 3500 B. C. A. D. 963 70 C. E. A. D. 1215 6500 B. C. E. 537 B. C. E. 100 B. C. C. E. 1934 C. E. 815 16, 000 B. C. A. D. 1715