Timeline worksheet · History, Civics & Social Studies
Ancient Egypt timeline: what happened when? · Grade 3
Match 6 events about ancient Egypt to their dates on a timeline using an event bank. Practices chronology and reading a scaled timeline.
- Grade 3 · ages 8 to 9
- Medium
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The events
Directions: Each date on the timeline has a box. Write the letter of the event that happened then.
- Events
- The Step Pyramid is built for King Djoser at Saqqara.
- The Great Pyramid at Giza is finished for
- King Khufu.
- The young pharaoh Tutankhamun is buried in the Valley of the Kings.
- After the death of Queen Cleopatra VII,
- Egypt becomes part of the Roman Empire.
- Howard Carter finds Tutankhamun's tomb, full of treasures.
- French soldiers find the Rosetta Stone near the Nile delta.
- oldest newest
- about 2650 BCE about 2560 BCE about 1323 BCE
- 30 BCE
- Think about it · Which of these events do you think changed people's lives the most? Why?
What your child practices
Your child practices chronology and reading a scaled timeline. The skill is “Change, continuity and causation”: describe how and why things changed over time and compare perspectives.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 3, ages 8 to 9
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- History, Civics & Social Studies
- Level
- Medium for Grade 3
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Try the first question together so the format is clear. Then let your child work through the rest, showing their thinking on the page. It is pitched at the expected level for Grade 3, for practice after the skill has been taught.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Find the oldest and newest events first, then fill in the middle.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 3
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