Using Timelines

Which event happened first?

• Allies defeat Japan in the Battle of Midway.
• Germany invades Poland.
• Italy surrenders.
• Japan surrenders ending WW2.

What year was Britian bombed by Germany?

• 1944
• 1939
• 1940
• This never happened.

What year did WW2 start?

• 1944
• 1939
• 1940
• This never happened.

What year did America join WW2?

• 1944
• 1939
• 1940
• 1941

How many years did WW2 last?

• 6 years
• 2 years
• 5 years
• 10 years

What event occurred in 1944?

• Italy surrenders.
• Atomic Bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
• D-Day

Timelines must be in _____________ order

• newest to oldest
• guess
• no
• chronological/sequential

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

Timelines are read from

• right to left
• left to right
• upside down
• not read

Chronological order means

• first to last
• will happen in the future
• never happened
• last to first

Which event on this timeline happened FIRST? 

• Last use of hieroglyphic writing
• Rosetta Stone is carved
• Settlers in Nile Valley
• Development of hieroglyphic writing