1. AIM: How can we use timelines as a tool for studying history? Do now: Fill in the blanks. A Decade = _____________ years A Millennium =____________ years A Century= ____________years 10 1,000 100 IGNORE THIS HW PLEASE CROSS OUT HW: Create a timeline of your life, labeling 10 important events of your life. Select one event that you feel is the most significant, and explain why. **YOUR PROJECT IS DUE TOMORROW!! TIMELINE DID YOU GIVE ME YOUR DIAGNOSTIC!?

2. *NOTES* B.C. (before Christ) refers to the time period before Christ was born. It is also known as B.C.E. (Before the Common Era A.D. (from the Latin words Anno Domini-meaning “in the year of our Lord”) refers to the years from the birth of Christ up to the present. Instead of A.D, many writers and historians now use C.E., meaning the “Common Era”. How should present time (Sept 17, 2007) be identified? B.C. or A.D.?

3. Directions: Create at timeline in your notebook. Put the events & dates in chronological order from the earliest to the most recent. (5 minutes) 500 B.C. Persian Wars begin 520 A.D Mohammed the Prophet is born 1800 B.C. Hebrews migrate to Egypt 1291 A.D. Crusades end 1760 B.C. Shang Family rules China 1993 A.D. YOU WERE BORN ____________________________________________________1800 B.C. 1760 B.C. 500 B.C. 520 A.D. 1291 A.D. 1993 A.D.

4. EVENTS IN MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY (title) (events) Mohammed is born Abbasid Caliphate is founded First Crusaders Invade the Holy Land Crusades end Constantinople is taken by Turks ____________________________________________________ 520750109612911453 (dates) 1.How many years are covered by the timeline? 2.What event happened first: the fall of Constantinople or the invasion of the Holy Land in the 1st Crusade? 3.Between which two events on the timeline would you place the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258?

5. 1.Which groups of dates is arranged in correct chronological order? B. 123 B.C., 124 B.C., 18 B.C., 1985 A.D. C. 37 B.C., 38 B.C., 98 A.D., 1995 A.D. D. 557 A.D., 234 B.C., 56 A.D., 22 B.C. SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE A. 567 B.C., 214 B.C., 567 A.D., 1865 A.D.

6. Measuring the Passage of Time To measure the years between a BC and AD Event, ADD the dates together. To measure the years between a BC and BC Event or an AD and AD Event, SUBTRACT the smaller from the larger date.

7. Progress Reports The Progress Report is not your average or grade in this class but is probably very close to it. This is all the work, tests, etc I have for you right now in my grade book. There maybe a few errors. Please see me privately if you think there may be a problem. This is just for you to know where you stand and what needs to be improved.