Grade 1 Fall History — Then and Now, Family Histories, and How We Know What Happened
History · CHR G1 hist.g1.f.chr.timeline_living_memory

Build a living-memory timeline across three generations

Construct a 4-tier timeline showing TODAY (self), PARENTS' time (~20-40 years ago), GRANDPARENTS' time (~50-80 years ago), and GREAT-GRANDPARENTS' time (~80-100+ years ago). Place 3-5 events on the timeline in correct sequence.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
6
Typical minutes
30
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Prereqs
Successors
  • hist.g1.s.chr.timeline_world_neighbors
    (not yet loaded)
  • hist.g2.f.chr.regional_timeline
    (not yet loaded)
Common misconceptions
  • Believing 'long ago' is all one time (collapsing 100 years and 1000 years into the same bucket)
  • Treating 'older' as a position on the timeline (parents are older than child, but BOTH live TODAY)
  • Placing great-grandparent generation closer to today than grandparent generation (timeline direction confusion)

Exercise pool (5)

Diff Stem Type
1 Place these 4 generation cards on the Living-Memory Timeline in correct order: TODAY'S CHILD, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, GREAT-GRANDPARENT. place 4 generation cards
2 Take your birth-year tile. Place it on the correct band of the Living-Memory Timeline (MG-2). Tell me which band it goes on. place birth year tile
3 Your grandparent was born about ___ years before you. If you were born in 2019, about what year was your grandparent born? (Use the timeline.) estimate grandparent birth
4 Complete the 3-question self-reflection sheet: 'I LEARNED ___; I CAN ___ now; I STILL WONDER ___.' self reflection 3q
4 Place these 4 significant individuals on the wall timeline by life dates: MLK (1929-1968), Helen Keller (1880-1968), Rosa Parks... add significant individual to timeline