Maps
Timelines
Elements of Civilization
Primary and Secondary Sources
Paleolithic and Neolithic Era
100

This line measures the distance in degrees North and South of the Equator

Latitude (Parallels)

100

Timeline is based around the birth of Jesus Christ.

BC: Before Christ


100

These help people meet their basic needs.

ECONOMIC ELEMENTS

100

Documents or recordings that write or speak about information that was created AFTER an event.

Secondary Sources

100

The time period starting c. 8,000 bc when humans started to settle into farming villages and started producing their own food.

Neolithic (New Stone Age)

200

This line measures the distance in degrees East and West of the Prime Meridian

Longitude (Meridians)

200

We live in this era.

Common Era (CE)

200


These help people in a civilization communicate and help society grow and prosper.


SOCIAL ELEMENTS

200

ORIGINAL records created/recorded by people during an event.

Primary Sources

200

The first age in which people lived (8,000 BC) when they mostly hunted and gathered their food.

Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)

300

The main line of longitude, and it divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres

Prime Meridian

300

This year does not exist on the timeline. 

The year "0"

300


These keep the civilization orderly, peaceful, and safe.


POLITICAL ELEMENTS

300

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote and published an AUTOBIOGRAPHY of his early life.

Primary Source

300

Hunting and gathering

Nomadic (moved with the food)

Paleolithic 

400

Tells you what the symbols on the map actually mean 

Key (Map Legend)

400

How many years passed between 

AD 1989 and AD 2020?

31 Years

400

The ideals/beliefs that a society values are an example of

Social Elements

400

Mary went to Jamestown, Virginia and learned about the history of the colony. Then, she wrote a REPORT about what she learned.

Secondary Source

400

Farming tools:

Pottery, metal work, spinning/weaving, etc

Neolithic

500

Shows how high land is above other land (using shading)

Relief Map

500

50 BCE + 50 CE

100 Years

500

Using currency (money) to pay for goods you buy at the store is an example of

Economic Elements


500

The Declaration of Independence.

Primary Source

500

Houses constructed of stone, mud, or wood.  More permanent

Farming and herding

Start of specialized workers

Villages and small cities.

Private property

Neolithic

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