Students order events on a timeline and learn that history is a sequence — one thing leading to the next — and that reading dates in order helps it all make sense.
Students will be able to…
History has thousands of events. How do we keep them straight — and see which came first, and what led to what?
Project this and have students tap the transportation events into order, earliest to latest. The tool checks the chronology.
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Cars, trains, planes — which was invented first?
Students investigate chronology.
Students analyze and sequence.
Students conclude from the timeline.
Students build their own.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.
Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments over time.
Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
Generate questions about individuals and events that shaped history.
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events using language that pertains to time and sequence.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students create a timeline of their own life with 5 events and dates (born, first steps, started school, etc.) in order. A printable timeline strip is in the Social Studies library.
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A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.