Grade 6 · Social Studies · Lesson 35

Build a historical timeline

A timeline is one of the historian\'s most useful tools. It lays events out in chronological order so the reader can see what happened, in what sequence, and how one event led to the next. Step 3 of the capstone is building a timeline that turns your research notes into a clear visual story.

What this lesson teaches

1Explain how a timeline organises evidence into a chronological story
2Choose a sensible scale (years, decades, centuries) for a historical timeline
3Order at least eight events correctly within a chosen era
4Mark turning points and add brief context for each event

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