Grade-3 Social Science, Chapter-7, Timelines

Chapter 7

Topic:  Timelines

Section A

Read the passage and answer the questions.

A timeline is a tool that we can use to help us understand history. It can tell us what happened at different times. It can tell how much time there was between two events. It can give us a picture of dates in our minds. That helps us see how they all fit together.

Timelines aren’t only for old events. People still use them today. They help us keep track of important dates in our lives.  You can even make a timeline for yourself.

A timeline looks a lot like a number line when you begin. Draw a straight line across the page. Make little marks for the important events in your life. Your timeline may begin with your birth, including things like the first time you want, and when you started school. It might show the year that you were in each grade. The year goes on one side of each mark. The event goes on the other side. Here is a simple timeline.

 2007 birth

 2008 walked

 2012 preschool

 2013 Kindergarten

 2014 1^st Grade

 2015 2^nd Grade

Q. What is a timeline?

Ans- A timeline is a tool that we can use to help us understand history.

Q. How does it help us to understand history?

Ans- It helps us understand history by telling the time between two events and giving the picture of dates in our mind.

Q. Why do people use timelines even if they are not studying history?

Ans- People use the timeline to keep track of important dates in their lives, even if they are not studying history.

Q. Which event should be on your timeline?

Ans- Following events should be on my timeline:

           Birth,  walked,  preschool,  Kindergarten,  1st grade,  2nd Grade

Q. What is on a timeline besides the events?

Ans- Besides the events, timeline shows the years marked on it.

The following are mixed but happen in a sequence (order).  Number is set in the order in which they occur.

 

Section B

Some events from the story of Red Riding Hood are listed below. Arrange them in order from first to last by numbering the events from 1 to 6 in the order in which they occur.

1. A woodcutter comes to save her and remove her grandma from the wolf’s stomach.
2. Little Red Riding Hood puts on her red cloak and sets off to meet her grandmother.
3. A wolf stops her on the way and asks her where she is going.
4. When she arrives she sees big teeth and shouts for help.
5. He gobbles up her grandmother, dresses like grandma and waits for Red Riding Hood.
6. He tricks her into picking flowers while he goes to her grandmother’s house.

Ans-

1. Little Red Riding Hood puts on her red cloak and sets off to meet her grandmother.
2. A wolf stops her on the way and asks her where she is going.
3. He tricks her into picking flowers while he goes to her grandmother’s house.
4. He gobbles up her grandmother, dresses like grandma and waits for Red Riding Hood.
5. When she arrives she sees big teeth and shouts for help.
6. A woodcutter comes to save her and remove her grandma from the wolf’s stomach.

Little Red Riding Hood has grown up and is now 15 years old. She has learnt a lesson after her visit to her granny’s house and is no longer afraid to travel alone. She will be visiting her aunt in a nearby town soon.

Unfortunately, the bus schedule she has is all muddled up due to a bad printing job. She has to first organised the buses in sequence according to their time of arrival. Then she will know which one is convenient for her to take. Can you help her?

Bus Number	21	16	68	32	57
Time of Travel	1.00pm	11am	4.30pm	7.15am	9.30am

The buses in sequence as they arrived in the morning.

1.   The first bus to arrive is number 32 at 7:15 a.m.

2.   A little over 2 hours later comes along bus number 57 at 9:30 a.m.

3.   Then comes bus number 16 at 11 a.m.

4.   Around lunch, there is a bus at 1 o’clock. That's bus number 21.

5.   The last bus, which is bus number 68 comes at 4:30 p.m.

Given below is the of transportation. Make a timeline based on it. (Note: you can draw or write)

Year	Invention
1488	Leonardo da Vinci designed ‘flying machine’
1783	Steamboat, hot-air balloon
1790	Early bicycle
1801	Steam Engine (train)
1885	Cars
1903	Aeroplane

Timeline Showing History of Transportation

Read the information on the important personality you have.

·         Write the name of the person on the top.

·         Select 4 to 7 events from the life of the person and

·         Prepare a timeline in your notebook

On the basis of what you will read about Walt Disney, identify any five events related to his life and Plot am on the timeline.

Walt Disney

Walt Disney was the creator of “Mickey Mouse”, founder of “Disneyland” and “Walt Disney World”.  he was born in Chicago, on December 5, 1901.

Walt was always interested in drawing. He sold his sketches when he was only 7 years old.  In 1918, Disney joined the Red Cross where he spent a year driving an ambulance. He covered his ambulance with drawings and cartoons.

Walt began his career as an advertising cartoonist in 1920. In August 1923, Walt Disney left for Hollywood with nothing but a few drawing materials. Walt and his brother, Roy together started making animation films.

Walt directed an animation film called “Steamboat Willie” and created Mickey Mouse in 1928. In 1932, the film “flowers and trees”  won Walt his first Academy Award. In 1937 “Snow White and Seven Dwarfs” was released. In the next 5 years, Walt completed “ Pinocchio”,  “Fantasia”, “Dumbo”  and  “Bambi”.  He won 36 awards in total.

Disneyland was launched in 1955 and since then it has entertained more than 650 million people including president, kings, queens and royalty.

Look at the following timelines and answer the questions.

Q. In which year was the diesel engine invented?

Ans- 1895

Q. After how many years was the aeroplane invented?

Ans- 7

Q. What was invented in 1898?

Ans-  Remote Control

Q. Name the first invention of the 20th century.

Ans-  Vacuum Cleaner

Q. How many centuries and years does this timeline cover?

Ans- 2 centuries and 9 years

Q. Which century saw the most useful invention?

Ans-  19th century

Q. Name it.

Ans-  Diesel Engine

Q. Why do you think it is the most useful?  Give reasons.

Ans- The diesel engine was the most useful invention because it changed the world.  it brought revolution in the world of locomotives from trains to ships and cars.  The diesel engine also changed the face of industries as well as agriculture.

StarStruck has started going to school. He has to write an exam next month and study 5 subjects ( English, Hindi, Social Science,  Mathematics  and Science).  He has just 30 days to prepare.  How can you help him plan his studies using your knowledge of timelines?  Discuss.

Ans-  StarStruck has 30 days and 5 subjects to prepare. He can allot 6 days to each of the five subjects.

How will you choose to divide the time on different timelines?. Select the correct option from the choices given for the following timelines.

1.   A timeline showing the kings that ruled over a country from the year 1500 till the Year 2000

a)    Months

b)    Years

c)     Decades (✓)

d)    Centuries

2.   A timeline showing the different Cricket World Cup played ( every 4 years) from 1999 to 2015

a)    Months

b)    Years (✓)

c)     Decades

d)    Centuries

3.   A timeline showing festivals

a)    Months (✓)

b)    Years

c)     Decades

d)    Centuries

4.   A timeline showing events in the life of a person

a)    Months

b)    Years (✓)

c)     Decades

d)    Centuries

Section D

Think of important events in your life such as the day you were born, the day you learnt to stand without support, the time of your first worked, your first day at school, the day you learnt to swim for cycle, etc.

Gather photographs of yourself when these events happened or at different ages.

Arrange them in order from first to last and prepare a photo timeline of yourself on a chart paper.

Don't forget to write your age near each photograph.

Classic cartoon timeline!

All of us like Scooby Doo, The Finstones, Pokemon. But do you know when these cartoons were created?

Read the information given below and draw a timeline.

 Year- Cartoon

 1969- Scooby Doo

 1996- Pokemon

 1987- DuckTales

 1940- Tom and Jerry

 1929- Popeye

 1963- Pink Panther

 1998- The Powerpuff Girls

Section E

Q. Can you plot a timeline of important events?  The dates are given…..

 Reference:

 1821-  Michael Faraday discovered electricity

 1850-  Joel Houghton invented the dishwasher

 1869-  Birth of Mahatma Gandhi

 1876-  Mark Twain published the book Adventures of Tom Sawyer

 1889-  Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru- Our first Prime Minister

 1905-  T Rex (dinosaur) bones discovered

 1930-  Discovery of Pluto

 1947-  India gained independence

Q. what is a timeline?

Ans- A timeline is a graphics tool which makes it easy to see the order in which events occurred.

Q. Why are timelines important?

Ans- Timelines are important because

1- They simplify a text and help us to remember it.

2- They help us understand the chronology of events.

3- It shows how an event may have led to another.

Q. Name any five important events from history in the order in which they happened.

Q. Draw a timeline for any one of the following:

·        The life of an important person in history

·        Your life

·        Your family

·        A true story that you have learnt

Timeline on Life of Mahatma Gandhi

1869, Oct 2 – Born at Porbandar, Gujrat

1921- Presided at bonfire of foreign cloth and resolved to wear only loin cloth

1930- Broke Salt Law

1942- Led “Quit India” campaign

1948- Assassinated in 79^th year by Nathuram Godse 

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