Sample timeline 1st grade Social Studies
Emphasis is NOT on specific dates – rather on progression of time
Since most standards refer to comparing cultures of the past to our culture today, it may be helpful to begin yo ur timeline at the end with the current year. Take a picture of your class and post it above the date. Add pictures to the timeline as you teach the standard.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Johnny Appleseed
Historical Figure Historical Figure Folk Hero
inventor, author, statesman Declaration of Independence (based on life of John Chapman)
(born - 1706) (born - 1743) (born - 1774)
1700 1750
Sacagawea guiding Lewis and Clark Davy Crockett Harriett Tubman
Historical Figures Folk Hero Historical Figure
exploration (based on the life of Davy Crockett) Underground Railroad
(Lewis – born 1774, Clark - born1770, Sacagawea - born 1788) (born – 1786) (born 1820 or 1821)
1775 1800
America (My Country, “Tis of Thee) John Henry Paul Bunyan
Patriotic Song Folk Hero Folk Hero
Words by Samuel Francis Smith (based on the life of John Henry) (based on the life of Faban “Joe” Fournier)
(written – 1832) (born – 1840s) (born – around 1845)
Theodore Roosevelt Annie Oakley George Washington Carver America the Beautiful
Historical Figure Folk Hero Historical Figure Patriotic Song
National Parks and environment (based on the life of Anne Oakley Moses) Scientist Words written by Katherine Lee Bates
(born – 1858) (born – 1860) (born – 1864) (written – 1893)
1850 1875
Put up student names or Take a class picture
pictures to show the year at the beginning of the school
they were born year
2004 2005 2014
(or current school year)
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