AIM: I will successfully plot dates on a Gregorian timeline using the bow tie method.
Standard: plotting major events on time lines and in chronological order.
Do Now :
1) Vocabulary term: To tame a wild animal
2) Vocabulary term: This is a person who specializes in writing.
3) Vocabulary term: Widespread destruction or a plant disease that wipes out an entire crop.
4) Which tool is more efficient in cutting crops? A sickle, a pair of scissors or a plow?
Lesson Steps:
We reviewed the Agricultural Revolution and looked at a chart describing it's effect on the world's population. We then looked at the Gregorian calendar and discussed why we have changed to using BCE and CE instead of BC and AD. We then practiced creating a timeline placing zero in the middle and determining how to plot various dates on the timeline.
Homework: Complete exercises 1-5 on timeline handout.
Timeline Dec16
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