Understanding History & Time Mrs. Rida

Timelines (Part 2) AD and BC CE and BCE

Recap What is a timeline? What are the different things we show on a timeline?

Share! Share your timelines with the members in your group. You have 1 minute to do this.

Do now Keep the answers of the questions given in the last lesson ready. Think about the events that happened: Before my birthAfter my birth Use handout 1 to write these events.

Think and write Arrange these events in chronological order

Let us put this on a timeline using Handout 3. Before Birth After Birth 1. I fled my country in I got married when in I had my daughter in Before Birth 1. My brother was born in My parents got married in My sister was born I had my daughter in I fled my country in 1997.I got married when in 2008.My sister was born in My brother was born in My parents got married in Mrs. Rida’s Timeline

Think and answer Why did we put our names in the middle?

Calendars Different cultures in the world have created different calendars to count time and events.

Calendars Some are lunar (based on the moon) and some are solar (based on the sun).

People started counting from the event of their Lord Krishna’s return to his home. Hindu Calendar

People started counting years from the event of Buddha’s death. Buddhist Calendar

How to Read Timelines The purpose of a timeline is to show chronological (time) relationship between events 2014BC 1000 BC 1 BC 0 1 AD 1000AD 2014AD More Ancient (old) More Recent (new)

Terms to know B.C. = Before Christ / or B.C.E. = Before Common Era – Any time before the year zero Higher the number the older the date A.D = After Death / C.E. = Common Era – Any time after the year zero Higher the number the more modern (recent) the date

This will help …

What Century are we in? Another tricky History trap is that Centuries are always expressed as 1 ahead of the actual numerical year – This is because the year 1 AD is considered the beginning of the 1 st Century. – For example: Always take out the zeros YearsCentury st Century nd Century th Century th Century th Century st century

Name: Core: Formative Assessment: Reading Timelines 1.Is the current year 2014 BCE or BC? (Circle one) 2.Which date is more recent 1492 BCE or 2008 BC? (Circle one) 3.Which date is more recent 2010 BC or 100 BC? (Circle one) 4.What century are we currently in? _______ 5.What century is the year 1854 A.D/BCE in? ______ 6.What is today’s date if it’s the first year of the 17 th Century? October _____, _____

Name: Core: Formative Assessment: Reading Timelines 1.Is the current year 2014 BCE or BC? (Circle one) 2.Which date is more recent 1492 BCE or 2008 BC? (Circle one) 3.Which date is more recent 2010 BC or 100 BC? (Circle one) 4.What century are we currently in? _______ 5.What century is the year 1854 A.D/BCE in? ______ 6.What is today’s date if it’s the first year of the 17 th Century? October _____, _____