Build a local-place timeline from time-immemorial Indigenous presence to today
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~5 min hist.g3.f.chr.local_timeline.ex_03

Era Sort

Prompt

Sort these 10 events into the 4 eras of our timeline (Time-Immemorial / Early Arrivals / Growth / Today): (1) The [Local Nation] continues its harvest practices; (2) Railroad arrives 1873; (3) Founding settlers 1798; (4) New library opens 2018; (5) Indigenous trade route active for centuries; (6) Civil rights march 1965; (7) Modern hospital 2010; (8) First school 1820; (9) Mill closes 1980; (10) [Local Nation] language taught in school today.

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type sorting
rubric
9-10/10 = mastery; 7-8 = practicing
answer key
Today
[4, 7, 10]
Growth
[2, 6, 9]
Early Arrivals
[3, 8]
Time-Immemorial
[1, 5]
Hints
  1. Time-immemorial = before any other people.
  2. Today = present tense actions.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Children may put present-tense [Local Nation] events in Time-Immemorial only - present-tense Indigenous events also belong to TODAY (the nation EXISTS NOW).