Ancient civilization timeline

Name:______________

   We are going to make an online interactive timeline at http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

First, you will have to find dates for these events from ancient civilizations. Then you will have to put them in order by date. Remember, these dates are all from BEFORE CHRIST (B.C.) so start with the highest number(date) and go to the lowest. You will use World Book or Infoplease Almanac to find dates. If an actual year isn’t given, read carefully to see if the article says something like “3000 years ago”. If it says that, remember that 3000 years ago is about 1000 B.C. (because it is 2007 A. D. now!!) Enter each date and a brief title at the site. When it is finished, print it.

_______King Tut died

_______ Great pyramid built

________bronze age began and bronze tools were made

________first writing system invented

________Hammurabi starts rule

________City-states formed in Sumer

 ________First Greek Olympics

________City of Rome started/founded

________Start of Roman empire/first Roman emperor

________Trojan War

________Alexander the Great becomes king

________Phoenician cities gain independence

________Roman republic (this isn't the same as the empire!) started

________First Chinese dynasty starts

________Babylon destroyed by Persian invaders

________China unified by Qin Shi Huangdi

Make sure you have your dates in order BEFORE you enter them in the timeline. Remember, oldest date first! When you open the timeline, you will need to enter a title, and your name (“by”…).  For "Unit of measure", choose date and then go to Next entry. Enter the date, title  and description for the first event.  the description should be 1-2 short complete sentneces. Then click on "Next entry". ***There is no way to save so you must enter all dates in one period*** If you enter one event out of order, there is a way to fix it, but you could easily get goofed up. So, enter them in order. When you have all dates entered, print the timeline in horizontal (across) scheme

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Places to look for information:

World Book online (in Favorites and on the desktop)

Info Please Almanac   www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html

Britannica Middle School encyclopedia (in Badgerlink)

Evaluation: 50 point total

Accuracy of dates 30 pts.

Spelling 5 pts.

Completeness of information 10 pts.

Staying on task 5 pts.