Entry Task Objective What are some ways that people keep track of time? Does everyone do this the same? SWBAT analyze ancient civilizations by creating a timeline 5 minutes End

To put events into order To help make sense of history Why We Have Timelines To put events into order To help make sense of history To tell the story of history To see the cause and effect of events

We keep track of time to help us make sense of history Keeping Track of Time We keep track of time to help us make sense of history We categorize time into two periods, BCE and CE BCE – Before Common Era CE – Common Era Year 0

Islamic Timeline 0 1434 Compared to timeline we use: 0 622 CE 2013 CE

The Hebrew Calendar Compared to the timeline we use: 0 AM 5773 3760 BCE 0 2013 CE

Keeping Track of Time BCE stands for Before Common Era, and includes any year before the year 0. Years during BCE are like negative numbers on a number line. They get smaller as you move towards 0. 2000 BCE 1000 BCE 500 BCE Year 0 BCE – Before Common Era

CE stands for Common Era, and includes any year after the year 0. Keeping Track of Time CE stands for Common Era, and includes any year after the year 0. Years during CE are like positive numbers on a number line. They get larger as you move away from 0. 2011 CE Year 0 500 CE 1000 CE 2000 CE CE –Common Era

Timeline Vocabulary Decade Century Millennium Ancient Greek dekas which means ten A decade is ten years Century from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred Millennium the Latin root word mille means thousand, and annus (ium), year

Make your own timeline On your notes: Draw a line, with 0 on it. Mark your timeline with important events from your life, starting from your birth year. 0 1986 2004 2006 2008 2010

Academic Expectations Behavior Expectations Work individually, but you can ask QUIET questions to your elbow partner Try your best and ASK questions  Volume: 0-1 (mostly individual, some quiet partner talk) Movement: remain in your seat Participation: Every student will complete their work!