Chronology Teacher Resources
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Chronological Order Signal Words
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.
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Lesson: Text Organization: Chronological Order
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...
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Astro-Chronology
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.
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When Did That Happen?
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...
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Sally Ride
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...
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World History: Chronology
Students examine periods of time throughout world history. For this time chronology lesson plan, students read and create time lines. Students complete a variety of activities involving the ordering of events in time.
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Chronological Order
Eighth graders identify chronological order in texts. In this chronological order instructional activity, 8th graders read a story aloud and summarize the order of the events. Students draw a cartoon or create drawings in chronological...
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Chronological Order
Eighth graders analyze the chronological order in a selection. In this chronological order lesson, 8th graders review a plot diagram and write a copy of it. Students read a selection and plot the sequence of events. Students retell a...
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Chronological Order
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...
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Determining Chronological Order from Visual Cues
Students 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.
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Order the Information in Informational Writing
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...
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Chronological Order
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...
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Logical Order
Eighth graders examine the logical order in a selection. In this logical order lesson, 8th graders list items in logical order of importance.
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Writing Paragraphs: Paragraphs which describe events in chronological order
Students explain the structure of a paragraph which describes chronological events. They demonstrate this by construction in writing of a paragraph.
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Get in Order
Students practice putting events from a written passage in chronological order, both in groups and individually.
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Life Timeline
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...
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The Civil Rights Movement
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...
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Where are We?
Fifth graders explore places visited by Lewis and Clark. In this geographical concepts lesson plan, 5th graders plot places on a map and put events in chronological order. Students find locations on a map using longitude and latitude....
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FCAT Reading Skills
Teach your class how to give and follow directions. Included here are some instructional materials and a series of graphic organizers to help your class understand how to interpret the steps in a process.
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Timelines
Eighth graders create a written chronology of significant events during the Renaissance. They work with timelines as learning tools and creatively write about the Renaissance.
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The Gathering Storm: The Coming of the Civil War
Take a longer look at a formative time in history with a lesson that explores the causes of the American Civil War. After viewing a series of images and explanations for various forces at play, middle schoolers choose the images that...
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What Else Was Happening During the Civil War Era?
New ReviewExamine a time of political division and upheaval— not unlike our own—using firsthand accounts. While study of the Civil War often takes center stage in the classroom, the 1850s and 1860s were a period of profound change in other areas...
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Chronology: Visual Timeline
Pupils begin their timelines with the first narrative that they read and add to the timeline as they go. They create a list of history topics and themes that are important to the story. Students add these as sub-headings to the...
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High School Literary Paragraph Development
You can cover literary elements, writing organization, and proofreading skills in this SMART board lesson. Using student paragraphs from a previous assignment, the class reviews the best examples of writing. A SMART board activity guides...