Understanding History Time Mrs Rida Timelines Part 2

Understanding History & Time Mrs. Rida

Timelines (Part 2) AD and BC CE 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 birth Use 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. Mrs. Rida’s Timeline I fled my country in 1997. My sister was born in 1980. My brother was born in 1979. I got married when in 2008. After Birth Before Birth My parents got married in 1978. After Birth 1. I fled my country in 1997. 2. I got married when in 2008. 3. I had my daughter in 2010. Before Birth 1. My brother was born in 1979. 2. My parents got married in 1978. 3. My sister was born

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).

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

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

How to Read Timelines • The purpose of a timeline is to show chronological (time) relationship between events 2014 BC 1000 BC 1 BC 0 1 AD More Ancient (old) 1000 AD 2014 AD 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 1 st Century. – For example: Always take out the zeros Years Century 0 -100 101 -200 501 -600 1 st Century 1101 -1200 1901 -2000 2001 -2100 12 th Century 2 nd Century 6 th Century 20 th Century 21 st century

Name: Core: Formative Assessment: Reading Timelines 1. 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 17 th Century? October _____, _____

Name: Core: Formative Assessment: Reading Timelines 1. 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 17 th Century? October _____, _____