Heroes Timeline

Put the figures in order, from Franklin to Ruby Bridges.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 43

A timeline shows when things happened, in order. On this timeline, the oldest is at the top, and the newest is at the bottom.
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson lived in colonial times, in the 1700s. In 1776, Jefferson wrote the Declaration.
Lewis and Clark, with Sacagawea, explored the West in the early 1800s.
Theodore Roosevelt and George Washington Carver lived around 1900. Roosevelt became President in 1901.
Ruby Bridges walked into her new school in 1960. Her story is the closest to today.
Your turn! Look at the years. The smallest year happened first. The biggest year is closest to today.
Try it with a grown-up! Make a timeline of your life: the year you were born, your first steps, and starting school.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

IPS.2 — Information Processing Skill 2: organize items chronologically
IPS.7 — Information Processing Skill 7: interpret timelines, charts, and tables (introduced in Grade 1)