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6th grade Read and order BCE and CE dates on a timeline worksheet

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Read and order BCE and CE dates on a timeline

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Circle the best answer.

  2. How many years after the Via Appia (312 BCE) did the Julian calendar (45 BCE) take effect, Ren asks?

    • 357 years
    • 267 years
    • 167 years
    • 277 years

  3. How many years after the Rosetta Stone's decree (196 BCE) did the Julian calendar (45 BCE) take effect, Tala asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • 141 years
    • 241 years
    • 161 years
    • 151 years

  4. How many years after the Julian calendar (45 BCE) was the Colosseum finished (80 CE), Zee asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • 134 years
    • 125 years
    • 35 years
    • 124 years

  5. How many years after the Rosetta Stone's decree (196 BCE) was Hadrian's Wall begun (122 CE), Ari asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • 327 years
    • 317 years
    • 318 years
    • 74 years

  6. How many years after the Via Appia (312 BCE) was the Colosseum finished (80 CE), Bo asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • 401 years
    • 232 years
    • 391 years
    • 392 years

  7. Esme sorts three cards from earliest to latest: the Rosetta Stone, the Via Appia and the Colosseum. Which order is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Via Appia, Rosetta Stone, Colosseum
    • Colosseum, Rosetta Stone, Via Appia
    • Rosetta Stone, Via Appia, Colosseum
    • Colosseum, Via Appia, Rosetta Stone

  8. Jun sorts three cards from earliest to latest: the Julian calendar, Hadrian's Wall and the Rosetta Stone. Which order is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Hadrian's Wall, Rosetta Stone, Julian calendar
    • Hadrian's Wall, Julian calendar, Rosetta Stone
    • Rosetta Stone, Julian calendar, Hadrian's Wall
    • Julian calendar, Rosetta Stone, Hadrian's Wall

  9. Kira sorts three cards from earliest to latest: the Colosseum, the Via Appia and the Julian calendar. Which order is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Colosseum, Julian calendar, Via Appia
    • Colosseum, Via Appia, Julian calendar
    • Julian calendar, Via Appia, Colosseum
    • Via Appia, Julian calendar, Colosseum

  10. The first section of the Via Appia was built in 312 BCE. Which century is that, Luz asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • The 3rd century BCE
    • The 4th century CE
    • The 4th century BCE
    • The 31st century BCE

  11. The Rosetta Stone's decree is from 196 BCE. Which century is that, Milo asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • The 1st century BCE
    • The 2nd century BCE
    • The 2nd century CE
    • The 19th century BCE
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Read and order BCE and CE dates on a timeline. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can place BCE and CE dates on a timeline and tell which came first, knowing there is no year 0.
  • I can count the years between two dates on the same side of the line, or across it.
  • I can name the century or millennium of a date, and work forward or back from a span.

Standard: D2.His.1.6-8 (partial: chronology)

Common mistakes

Your child counted a year 0. BCE/CE dates have no year 0: 1 BCE is followed by 1 CE, so a span across the line is one year shorter than adding.

Your child read BCE numbers as if they count up. In BCE, bigger numbers are further back in time.

Your child mixed up the BCE and CE sides. BCE years sit before the line, CE years after it.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with read and order bce and ce dates on a timeline?

Your child counted a year 0. BCE/CE dates have no year 0: 1 BCE is followed by 1 CE, so a span across the line is one year shorter than adding.

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