1. Calisthenics Answer the following questions on a blank sheet of paper in your calisthenics section! 1.What kind of graph is this? 2.Which civilization had the smallest population? 3.Which two had the largest? 4.Which Civilization had a population of 3.5 million? Population (millions)

3. Decades & Centuries Centuries = 100 years Decades = 10 years 19501960197019801990200020102020 16001700180019002000

4. What is a century after 1874? What is a decade after 1960?

5. Year vs. Century People name centuries to describe 100 year time periods – 1 st Century = year 1-199 – 2 nd Century = year 100-199 – 3 rd Century = year _____ - ______ – 7 th century = year 1600-1699 – ___th century = year 1700-1799 – 20 th century = year ______ - _______ HINT! Add 1 to the hundreds place to get the century!

6. PRACTICE: TIME PERIODS What century is this year in? – 2003 21st – 1492 15 th – 450 5 th Which years are in this century? 19 th century 1800-1899 20 th century 1900-1999 21 st century 2000-2999 3 rd century 200-299 Which years are in this century? 201 – 3 rd century 1843 – 19 th century 1950- 20 th century 278-3 rd century 369- 4 th century

7. Which way do you read? Do you read from the top of the page or the bottom? Do you read from left to right of the page or right to left?

8. Timelines We read timelines the same way and in the same directions that we read a book We read this time line from LEFT to RIGHT Earliest dates are on the LEFT We read this time line from Top to Bottom Earliest dates are on the TOP

9. Practice! What is this timeline about? What year was LiveJournal launched? What year was MySpace launched? Which site was launched first: Six Deigrees.com or Friendster? Which site was launched first: MySpace or Facebook?

10. PRACTICE! What is this timeline about? When was Lebron named to the all-defensive team? What happened first was Lebron the youngest person to score 10,000 points or was he elected his 2 nd straight all star appearance? What happened first, was Lebron a free agent, or the #1 overall draft pick? 1984- Lebron James is born in Akron Ohio. 2003- Lebron is the 1 overall NBA draft pick 2005- Lebron was elected to his 2 nd straight all star appearance 2007- James became the youngest person to score 10,000 2009- Lebron was named to the NBA all-defensive team 2010- Lebron became a free agent.

11. Exit Class Work….THIS WILL BE GRADED!

12. Put the following dates on a time line…. 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

13. 1937-1938: The Memphis Tigers lost all 14 games in their season 1956-1957: the Season tickets cost $10 for 10 games 1993: Memphis showed a women’s basketball game on the TV for the first time. 1994: Memphis State University becomes the University of Memphis.

14. Give the time line a title What century is the timeline showing?

15. Drill Kill Figure out the year & century: 1899 AD 13th century 1500 AD 76 AD 10th century