1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Islamic Timeline
Compared to timeline we use:
CE CE

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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!