Grade 4 · Social Studies · Lesson 21

Timelines of Change

A timeline is a visual tool that shows events in the order they happened. Timelines help historians — and students — understand how the past connects to the present. By reading a timeline, you can see how civilisations rose and fell, how inventions built on each other, and how much the world has changed over thousands of years.

What this lesson teaches

1Explain what a timeline is and why historians use it
2Read and create a simple timeline using chronological order
3Distinguish between BC and AD dates and explain what they mean
4Place major historical events on a timeline in the correct sequence

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