1. Do Now, page 12
King Herod of Judea was born in 73 BCE and died 4 BCE. How is that possible?
SET UP C-Notes on a new sheet of paper (page 13)
TOPIC: TIME DATING
EQ: What is time dating? How does time dating work?

2. What year is it now? 5773 1434 2014 All of the above
BUT HOW COULD THAT BE?

3. What year is it now? The year it is depends on the calendar you use!
It is the year 5773 according to the Hebrew calendar.
It is the year 1434 according to the Islamic calendar.
It is the year 2014 according to the Gregorian calendar.

4. What about all the history that happened before?
For dates and events before Jesus was born, or before “the common era”, write the letters BCE and BC after the year.
BCE means Before the Common Era.
BC means Before Christ.
BCE and BC mean the same thing.

5. And after…?
For dates and events after Jesus was born, or after “the common era”, write the letters CE or AD after the year.
CE means the Common Era.
AD means Ano Domeni, or “the year of our lord”
CE and AD mean the same thing.

6. What is time dating?
BCE, BC, CE, AD, are called “time designations” because they designate, or specify, whether a year is before the year 1, or after.

7. Calisthenics
Use the word box and fill in the blanks on a sheet of paper:
AD CE Ano Domeni BCE Century
BC Decade
When I refer to the years after Jesus died I label the year with ___________ at the end of the number.
_____________ means before Christ
BC is the exact same thing as ______________.
A _______________ is a 100 year time period
The time period from is a __________.
The word that means the same as AD is ________.
AD is an abbreviation for ______________.

8. For Example
If an event happened in 1000 BCE, it happened 1000 years before Jesus was born.
If an event happened in 1000 CE, it happened 1000 years after Jesus was born.

9. Practice Which year came first? 5000 BCE or 1900 AD ?
Order the years above on a timeline:

10. Which years are the SAME years?
1) 2000 AD 2000 BCE 2000 BC
2) 18 BCE 18 AD 18 BC
3) 500 BC 500AD 500CE
4) 1900 CE 1900 AD 1900 BCE

11. Which year is the earliest?
5) 40 AD 3000 BC
6) 20 CE 1000 BCE
7) 1 BCE 2001 CE
8) 530 AD 400 BCE

12. BCE Timelines
For events that happened before Jesus was born, larger numbers happened first.
Why? Because they happened MORE years before Jesus was born.

13. 1329 AD
1329 BC
Large
900 AD
900 BC
Large
250 AD
250 BC
Small
Small
QUICK: Would the timeline change if I changed BC to BCE?

14. You TRY! Use these numbers:
1200BC, 1452AD, 1662AD, 1321BC, 2010AD, 500BC
Large
Large
Large
Small
Small
QUICK: would anything change if I changed AD to CE?

15. You TRY! Use these numbers:
1521BC, 1776AD, 1052CE, 987BCE, 2005AD, 1200BC

16. Which year came first? 3000 BCE or 420 BCE 290 BCE or 1041 BCE
87 BC or 24 BC
1500 BC or 608 BC

17. Practice Put the following dates in order and make a timeline: 300 CE

18. Think…Pair..Share…! (2) Answer this puzzle:
King Herod of Judea was born in 73 BCE and died 4 BCE. How is that possible?