1. Preview8/26/15 Find 5 other people that have different words than the ones you had yesterday. Explain your word to them. Listen to their definition. Write their word and definition in your preview for today.

2. Timelines What is a timeline? How can it be used? Write your answers in your notebook in complete sentences.

3. Timeline Activity Think about your summer activities. When did they occur?

4. Timeline Activity Cont… Choose a partner at your table. You may have a group of 3 if necessary. Choose who is A, B, and C.

5. Partner A. You will share first. You will speak for 30 seconds.

6. Partner B. You will share first. You will speak for 30 seconds.

7. Partner C. You will share first. You will speak for 30 seconds.

8. Explain your summer events in complete sentences.

9. Write your events on sticky notes. One event per sticky note.

10. As a group you will create a timeline on your poster paper of the summer months. Place everyone's events in chronological order.

11. Absolute Chronology Relative Chronology

12. Absolute Chronology 1960 1961 1962 1963 _________|__________________|__________________|__________________|_________ JFK Elected Berlin Wall Built Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Assassinated

13. Absolute Chronology Sequence of individual events in order. Ex: Timeline June JulyAugust

14. Relative Chronology Reconstruction1865-1877 Industrial Revolution/Gilded Age1878-1898 Progressive Era/American Imperialism1898-1920 World War I1914-1918 Roaring Twenties1920s Great Depression1929-1941 World War II1939-1945 Cold War1945-1990 Civil Rights Era1954-1968 Vietnam War Years1954-1975

15. Relative Chronology Group of events related to each other. Ex: Periods of time, Eras, The 60’s, 1960-1969