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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 2

Use Timelines and Sources

Second graders read and build timelines with equal spaces for each ten years, count the years between events, tell primary sources (made at the time by someone who was there) from secondary sources (made later), and question a source: who made it, when, and why.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 65 minutes
  • Timelines and sources check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and place on a number line
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What learners will discover

  • Read and build a timeline with equal intervals, place events by year and find the number of years between events.
  • Tell primary sources from secondary sources.
  • Find who made a source, when and why, and use it to answer a question about the past.

Lessons

  1. Timelines with equal spaces 5 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  2. Primary and secondary sources 4 steps2 practiceabout 21 min
  3. Who, when and why? 5 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  4. Timelines and sources check 8 questions at the end

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