25 August 2015 Objective – Plot dates & read a timeline.

• Bellringer- (1) What does AD stand for? (2) CE? -- (3) Why is this used instead of AD?

(4) Put the dates in order…..

1557CE 46BCE 2012 BC 152BC 557AD

• Timeline Day• Human Timeline• Reading a Timeline• Creating a Timeline Practice

• HW: Packet Page 5

Timeline AnalysisUse your textbook and answer these questions in the bellringer section of your packet.

Timeline – Page 831. What scale is being used in this timeline?2. In what year did Menes establish the First

Dynasty?3. Which happened first – The Olmec form an

urban civilization – or Buddhism begins to develop in India?

4. How many years between The Sumerians create the first writing system & Constantinople becomes the capital of the Roman Empire?

Timeline – Page 831. What scale is being used in this timeline? 1000

years 2. In what year did Menes establish the First

Dynasty? C. 3100 BC3. Which happened first – The Olmec form an

urban civilization – or Buddhism begins to develop in India? Olmec form civilization

4. How many years between The Sumerians create the first writing system & Constantinople becomes the capital of the Roman Empire? (330 + 3500) 3,830 years

Timeline Page 83

• 1.) Ho w many years separate the founding of the first dynasty and the death of Ramses the Great?

• 2.) What was happening in the Americas at about the same time Ramses died?

• 3.) What happened in Kush about 20 years after Constantinople became the capital of the Roman Empire?

Timeline Page 83

• 1.) How many years separate the founding of the first dynasty and the death of Ramses the Great? About 1,863 years

• 2.) What was happening in the Americas at about the same time Ramses died? The Olmec were forming the first urban civilization in the Americas

• 3.) What happened in Kush about 20 years after Constantinople became the capital of the Roman Empire? Askuni destroyed Meroe

Timeline Page 157

• 1.) When did the Shang dynasty begin?• 2.) How many years passed between Shi

Huangdi’s unification of China and the beginning of the Han dynasty?

• 3.) During which century did both Confucianism and Buddhism emerge?

• 4.) Who ruled Egypt while the Shang dynasty ruled China?

• 5.) When did the Silk Road connect China and Southwest Asia?

Timeline Page 157 Answers

• 1.) 1500s BC• 2.) 16 Years• 3.) sixth century BC (when you are in the

500s BC that means sixth century) (800s BC means 9th century)

• 4.) Queen Hatshepsut• 5.) about 100BC

Steps to make a Timeline with Scale• 1.) Put a zero in the middle of the line

(remember there is not a year zero)• 2.) Find the largest date listed.• 3.) Set a scale of equal increments to

space dates out evenly (we will go through this together.)

• 4.) Put date in correct order on timeline

Timeline Practice…

Homework Hints…

Set your scale….

1. By 100

2. By 500

3. By 50

4. By 250

5. You try it out……