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Visual History Timeline

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Visual History Timeline

Visual History Timeline

Historical timeline with symbols and events

📅 Part 1: Understanding Timelines

1. What is a timeline? Circle the best answer:

A way to show events in the order they happened

A clock that tells the time

A list of things to do today

2. Which words help us show the order of events? Check all that apply:

First

Next

Purple

After

Last

Happy

🎨 Part 2: Creating Symbols

3. Draw a simple symbol for each historical event:

A waka arriving in New Zealand:

People building the first houses:

Celebrating Matariki (Māori New Year):

📝 Part 3: Sequencing Events

4. Put these events in the correct order by matching them with numbers 1-4:
1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Last
People learn to grow food
Explorers arrive by waka
Communities are established
First settlements are built
5. Fill in the blanks using time connectives (first, next, after, last):

________, the explorers sailed across the ocean. ________, they found land and came ashore. ________ that, they built shelters to live in. ________, they started growing food and making a new home.

🤝 Part 4: Working Together

6. What makes a good team member when creating a timeline? Check all that apply:

Listening to others' ideas

Sharing materials

Only doing what you want

Taking turns to speak

Helping others with their drawings

Ignoring your teammates

7. Describe one way you helped your team today:

🔗 Part 5: Cause and Effect

8. Match the cause with its effect:
Explorers needed food
Winter was coming
The community grew larger
They built more houses
They learned to fish and hunt
They built warm shelters
9. Complete this sentence about cause and effect:

When people arrived in a new land, they needed to _____________ because _____________.

10. What did you learn about working together to create a timeline?

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