Chronology Teacher Resources

Eighth graders identify chronological order in texts. In this chronological order lesson, 8th graders read a story aloud and summarize the order of the events. Students draw a cartoon or create drawings in chronological order about the...

Fifth graders read an autobiography. In this sequencing lesson, 5th graders learn the importance of putting events in chronological order. Students read about Rosa Park's and discuss the difficulty one may have when following a story...

An awesome packet teaches individuals how to chronologically order and sequence events. The resource also provides practice that immediately follows the different ways to order events. Lastly, learners read a newspaper article...

Class members sequence a text chronologically. They identify signal words that help them order a text in according to when events took place. Then, they rearrange a section of informational text that is out of order.

Based on a brief reading passage about Sally Ride, this reading intervention resource aims to help pupils understand organization of informational texts and lead them through writing short autobiographies. Students learn about...

Class members play a version of the game Chronology to determine when certain scientific events occurred in history. Teams play until someone has 5-10 events in the correct order.

After their research has been compiled and categorized, the next step for your class is to determine in what order information should appear in their essays. Emphasize that in order for readers to easily understand an essay, information...

Fifth graders explore places visited by Lewis and Clark. In this geographical concepts lesson, 5th graders plot places on a map and put events in chronological order. Students find locations on a map using longitude and latitude....

In this reading comprehension lesson, 5th graders read the text, "Lights, Camera, Action". Students assess how to determine chronological order in a text. Students form a timeline of how a movie is made by utilizing the literary format...

Students place events on a timeline in chronological order. They identify important/significant events on the timeline. Students produce a timeline that is well-organized and well-detailed. They express all ideas in a way that provides...

Students learn about the civil rights movement and create a timeline to understand events in chronological order. In this history lesson, students work in groups to choose one activist from the Civil Right era to research. Students then...

Review the characteristics of a great process paragraph! Display the need for unity, transitions, and parts of a paragraph with the models included in this PowerPoint. After a first run through (with a model), use a student example to...

Students examine periods of time throughout world history. In this time chronology lesson plan, students read and create time lines. Students complete a variety of activities involving the ordering of events in time. 

Eighth graders analyze the chronological order in a selection. In this chronological order lesson plan, 8th graders review a plot diagram and write a copy of it. Students read a selection and plot the sequence of events. Students retell...

Learners study historical photographs to look for visual clues in order to arrange them in chronological order. They notice that historical events shown on posters connect to local developments.

Students complete a unit of lessons on the events that led to U.S. involvement in WWI. They complete a Webquest, conduct research, complete a Venn diagram, read and discuss the reasons for entering the war, and create a slideshow.

Third graders practice reading aloud. They pronunciate and comprehend a story that is read to the teacher. Students use chronological order to answer questions based on the story they read.

Students explore the industry involving communication and put communication devices into activities. In this communication lesson plan, students put items into chronological order, review primary sources, compare and contrast items, and...

First, next, and last, the elements of chronological order. In every story or text one can find a series of events that occur one after the other. To help learners with visual impairments conceptualize chronological order, this activity...

Young scholars create a timeline. In this philanthropy lesson, students use sequential terminology and create a chronological list of philanthropic acts they have performed.

The city of Los Angeles' 1979 Special Order 40 states: "LAPD officers shall not initiate police action with the objective of discovering the alien status of a person." After reading a fact sheet that details the history of Special Order...

Eighth graders examine the logical order in a selection. In this logical order instructional activity, 8th graders list items in logical order of importance.

Young scholars complete a worksheet about some of the natural philosophers in history. They use graph paper and create a timeline with the dates of birth and names of a list of natural philosophers. They list four questions concerning...

High schoolers identify and interpret traditional historical points of reference in U. S. history through 1877. Then they identify the foundations of representative government in the United States. Students also identify the American...