The civil rights movement timeline: what happened when?: timeline worksheet for Grade 9, page 1 preview

Timeline worksheet · History, Civics & Social Studies

The civil rights movement timeline: what happened when? · Grade 9

Match 8 events about the civil rights movement to their dates on a timeline using an event bank. Practices chronology and reading a scaled timeline.

Grade 9 · ages 14 to 15
Hard
15 to 20 minutes
1 page
Free

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The events

Directions: Each date on the timeline has a box. Write the letter of the event that happened then.

Events
Freedom Riders challenge segregated interstate bus terminals.
Student sit-ins spread from Greensboro across the South.
C Congress passes the Civil Rights Act.
Rosa Parks's arrest sparks the
Montgomery bus boycott.
The Little Rock Nine integrate Central
High School in Arkansas.
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated; the
Fair Housing Act becomes law.
Marches from Selma build support for the
Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court decides Brown v.
Board of Education.
oldest newest

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 9, ages 14 to 15
Time: About 15 to 20 minutes
Subject: History, Civics & Social Studies
Level: Hard for Grade 9
Answer key: Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
Printing: 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
Updated: October 15, 2026

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 one of the harder sheets for Grade 9, best once the basics of the skill are secure.

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.