Chronology - Walt Disney's Key Dates

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Chronology - Walt Disney's Key Dates

LO:  I am beginning to understand chronological order.

Chronology means the order in which things happened.

Chronology comes from the Ancient Greek word kronos which means time.

What is the first thing that happened in your life?

First thing in your life<div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1st</div>

Second thing in your life<div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2nd</div>

Third thing in your life<div><span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3rd</span></div>

Walt Disney was born in 1901 in America.

That is the beginning of his time line.   

Look at the time line of Walt Disney's life on the following slide.

Why do you think that some things are shown under the time line and other things above?

Which of these events would come FIRST on a time line?

1. Getting a job
2. Buying a house
3. Being born
4. Going to school

Which of these events would come LAST on a time line?

1. Being born
2. Getting married
3. Winning a race
4. Dying

DATES are very important when putting things in the order in which they happened.

Which came first?

Which comes first out of these dates?

1. 14th March
2. 27th March
3. 2nd March
4. 19th March

Which of these dates would come FIRST on a time line?

1. 1980
2. 1960
3. 1950
4. 1920

On the next drag and drop slide put the pictures into a time line of how we grow from birth to old age.

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Now you can make a timeline of Walt Disney's life, by sorting key facts about him into the order in which they happened.