Activity #1

1. Activity #1 Historians put the events of time in chronological order. Copy the diagram into your exercise books. For example: AD dates start with LOW numbers and go UPtoHIGH numbers. For example: BC dates start with HIGH numbers and go DOWN to LOWnumbers. AD 2014 • 2000 BC • 1 AD 1500 • 1500 BC • 1 • 1000 BC AD 1000 • 1 • AD 500 • 500 BC There is NO year 0. A century is recorded from 00 to 99. For example, the 16th century is from 1501 to 1600. When a year ends in 00, like 1600, it is in the 16th century.

2. Activity #2 Put the following dates in chronological order – oldest to youngest: 1 AD 1815 AD 2014 AD 1066 AD 1509 2 AD 1901 AD 899 AD 1966 AD 989 3 1815 BC 1600 BC 850 BC 3000 BC 4 2000 BC 3000 BC 1000 BC 4000 BC 5 AD 1962 1600 BC AD 1066 6 BC 6 AD 1901 AD 1005 4000 BC 1003 BC 1 2 3 4 5 6

3. Activity #3 Counting Centuries. Complete the following sentences: A century is recorded from 00 to 99. For example, the 16th century is from 1501 to 1600. When a year ends in 00, like 1600, it is in the 16th century. 1. The year 1321 is in the ________ century. 2. The year ________ is in the 20th century. 3. The year 1509 is in the ________ century. 4. The year ________ is in the 11th century. 5. The year 1256 is in the ________ century. 6. The year ________ is in the 14th century. 7. The year 899 is in the ________ century. 8. The year ________ is in the 10th century.