1. Timeline Practice & Vocabulary
PREHISTORY VS. HISTORY
Timeline Practice & Vocabulary

2. Timeline #1 – Personal Timeline
Write the word “TODAY” on the right side of the timeline
Write the word “MY BIRTH” on the middle line
My birth
TODAY

3. On the right side of the timeline…
Record 5 important events that have happened in your life on your timeline in the correct order – don’t need to have specific years if you don’t remember
My birth
TODAY
How do you know these events actually happened?
What is your proof?

4. On the left side of the timeline…
Think of 3 important historic events that have happened before you were born
Record these on your timeline in the proper spot – don’t worry about exact dates
My birth
TODAY

5. Reflection Question #1:
How do you know these events actually happened since they happened before you were alive?
My birth
TODAY

6. Timeline #2 – Prehistory vs. History Timeline
Mark the following information on Timeline #2
PREHISTORY
HISTORY
Writing begins
TODAY

7. What differences might exist between
Discussion
What differences might exist between
these 2 periods of time?
PREHISTORY
HISTORY
Writing begins
TODAY

8. Reflection Question #2:
How would you explain the difference between prehistory and history to an elementary school student?
PREHISTORY
HISTORY
Writing begins
TODAY

9. PREHISTORY VOCAB.
Prehistory – the period of time before written records, the years before 3000 B.C.

10. Stone Age – earliest known period of human culture, tools were made of stone
Paleolithic Age - “Old Stone Age” – humans as nomadic hunter-gatherers
Neolithic Age - “New Stone Age” – humans as settled farmers

11. nomadic – group that has no permanent home; migrates constantly
hunter-gatherers – early humans who moved constantly to follow food sources

12. Neolithic Revolution – the change from hunter-gatherer society to farming (agriculture)

13. sedentary – group of humans who are settled in one area; permanent home
domesticate – to tame & use animals for a purpose

14. Invention of agriculture
STONE AGE TIMELINE
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Invention of stone tools
Invention of agriculture
Invention of metal tools

15. HOW DO HISTORIANS TELL TIME?
BC vs. AD TIME ERAS

17. Now it’s your turn. Put the following dates in chronological order
Now it’s your turn! Put the following dates in chronological order. Pay attention to the labels!
3500 B.C.
A.D. 963
70 C.E.
A.D. 1215
6500 B.C.E.
537 B.C.E.
100 B.C.
C.E. 1934
C.E. 815
16,000 B.C.
A.D. 1715