Ancient History Timelines From BC to AD

Objectives of today’s lesson: 6.5.spi.1 – Read a timeline and order events of the past between prehistory and the Renaissance 6.5.spi.9 – Recognize and order major historical events on a timeline

A Timeline Tells a Story… Why is it important to be able to read a timeline?

A Timeline of Mrs. Miller’s Life Moved to Scotland (1997) Married Troy (1992) 3rd son – Tyler (2001) First son - Jake (1996) 2nd son - Nick (1998) Born (1972) 1972 1990 1995 2000 2005

BC on a timeline = Before Christ BCE = Before Common Era 500 years 2000 BC 1500 BC 800 BC On a timeline, BC is like a negative number line. As time moves forward, the numbers decrease until 1 BC. To figure out how many years have passed between events, you must find the difference, or SUBTRACT the numbers.

AD on a timeline = Anno Domini CE = Common Era which is Latin for “in the year of our Lord” CE = Common Era 500 years 600 AD 1100 AD 1800 AD On a timeline, AD is like a positive number line. As the timeline goes forward, the numbers gets larger. To figure out how many years have passed between events, you must find the difference, or SUBTRACT the numbers.

When calculating how many years have passed between events that go from BC to AD, you must ADD them together. 300 years + 300 years 600 BC 300 BC 300 AD 600 AD 600 years

Now it’s your turn to get events from the past in order!

Look in your book on pg. 157 How many years passed from when Buddhism began in India until the Silk Road connected in China?