1.5 Time Matters

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

1. The Age of Hunters and Farmers

1.5 Time Matters

What is this lesson about?

In history, it is very important to know when something happened and the order in which things took place. Historians have developed various methods to organise history, like timelines, calendars, periodisation and the ten ages.

What you can do after this lesson

• read a timeline and different sorts of calendars;
  
• calculate dates using BC and AD dates;
  
• place dates in the correct centuries.

Word Duty

Timeline: a long bar with labels on it to show in which year or period something happened.

Decade: a period of ten years.

Century: a period of a hundred years.

Millennium: a period of a thousand years.

Calendar: a way of organising the days, weeks and months of the year.

AD: Anno Domini, the period after Jesus Christ was born.

BC: Before Christ, the period before Jesus Christ was born.

CE: Common Era, a neutral way of describing the period after Jesus Christ was born.

BCE: Before Common Era, a neutral way of describing the period before Jesus Christ was born.

Periods: a way of organising history into smaller timeframes.

Ten ages: these are ten periods that are used to organise history used in the Netherlands.

Stone Age: the time when prehistoric man mostly used tools made of stone.

Bronze Age: the time when prehistoric man learned how to make objects of bronze.

Iron Age: the time when prehistoric man learned how to make objects of iron.

KEY WORDS

1. Read Timeline. Write down the correct word to match the given description.

A. A period of ten years.

1. Read Timeline. Write down the correct word to match the given description.

B. A period of a thousand years.

1. Read Timeline. Write down the correct word to match the given description.

C. A period of a hundred years.

Read "Calendars". It says in the text that there are two ways to measure the passing of time. Mention both ways.

Read the following text and drag the words  to the correct place.

Lord

Jesus Christ

Before

Christian

AD

Anno Domini

BC

Jews

Zero

Put the symbols of the Ten Ages in the correct order

World Wars

Citizens & 

Steam engines

Greeks & Romans

Discoverers & Reformers

Regents & 

Monarchs

Wigs & 

Revolutions

Hunters & 

Farmers

Cities &

 States

Television & Computers

Monks &

 Knights

Drag each period (left) to the correct time period.

until 3000 BC

3000 BC - 500 AD

500 - 1500 AD

1500 - 1800 AD

1800 AD - now

Early Modern Times

Modern Times

Prehistory

Middle Ages

Antiquity

If someone wanted to sell you a coin with 23 BC on it,
would it be smart to buy it? Explain your answer.

Give an example to support this statement:
“The way we count time is influenced by the past.”

Prehistory is divided into smaller periods. What is the basis for this division? Choose the correct answer.

1. Whether the people could already write and read.
2. What type of material was used to make tools with.
3. How many people were living together in one place.
4. The way the society was organised.

Study the timeline below closely. The center is the year 1 AD. Drag the dates to the correct centuries. Three dates remain.

256 AD

317 BC

317

67 AD

289 BC

410 

44 BC 

183 BC

410 AD

192 AD

446 BC

10 BC

120 BC

120 AD

322 BC

16 BC

156 BC

60

70

80

26

74

2nd AD

1st AD

1st BC

2nd BC

3rd BC

4th BC

Write down one question about something from this lesson that you find difficult.

congratulations