Goals:

Students will be able to understand the difference between A.D, A.C.E, B.C., & B.C.E.

Students will be able to correctly label dates in history on a timeline.

AIM: How can we use timelines as a tool for studying history?

Do now: Fill in the blanks.

A Decade = _____________ years

A Millennium =____________ years

A Century= ____________years

10

1,000

100

B.C. It is also known as B.C. (Before the Common Era) Also known as “Before Christ”

A.D. (from the Latin words Anno Domini-meaning “in the year of our Lord”) refers to the years from the birth of Christ up to the present. Instead of A.D, many writers and historians now use C.E., meaning the “Common Era”.

How should present time (August 7, 2013) be identified? B.C. or A.D.?

Directions: Create at timeline in your notes. Put the events & dates in chronological order from the earliest to the most recent. (5 minutes)

500 B.C. Persian Wars begin

520 A.D Mohammed the Prophet is born

1800 B.C. Hebrews migrate to Egypt

1291 A.D. Crusades end

1760 B.C. Shang Family rules China

1998/9 A.D. YOU WERE BORN

____________________________________________________1800 B.C.

1760 B.C.

500 B.C.

520 A.D.

1291 A.D.

1998 or 9 A.D.

EVENTS IN MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY(title)

(events)

Mohammed is born

Abbasid Caliphate is founded

First Crusaders Invade the Holy Land

Crusades end

Constantinople is taken by Turks

____________________________________________________520 750 1096 1291 1453

(dates)

1. How many years are covered by the timeline?

2. What event happened first: the fall of Constantinople or the invasion of the Holy Land in the 1st Crusade?

3. Between which two events on the timeline would you place the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258?

1. Which groups of dates is arranged in correct chronological order?

a. 123 B.C., 124 B.C., 18 B.C., 1985 A.D.

b. 37 B.C., 38 B.C., 98 A.D., 1995 A.D.

c. 557 A.D., 234 B.C., 56 A.D., 22 B.C.

SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE

Activity

Practice questions that will help you understand time

Do this by your self…..will be a COMPLETION GRADE

The actual grade will be on the test next week

What century are we in?

-100 0 100 200 300

1ST 2ND 3RD

Centuries

0-99 A.D.- 1st century 100-199 A.D- 2nd century 200-299 A.D.- 3rd century 300-399 A.D.- 4th century

1500-1599- ?century 1900-1999- ? century

Examples: What century?

9A.D.- 231 A.D.- 500 A.D.- 1989 A.D.-

On your own

On the back of this sheet….create your own timeline The years (1999 AD, 2007 AD ect. ) 6 events 3 illustrations