Human Timeline

Students work together to create an interactive timeline comparing Castle history with students’ personal history, NH History, US History or World History

Lesson Target(s):

• I CAN construct a historical timeline based on the presented information and previous knowledge.
• I CAN understand and discuss where I fit in my local and national history.
• I CAN demonstrate scale by using my body within the classroom as part of a larger human timeline model.

Guiding Question(s):

• Why is history important?
• How are timelines helpful tools?

Standard(s):

Kindergarten – Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

• G-5: Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components

Grade 2 – Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

• MD-4: Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit

Grades 3-4 – NH Social Studies Frameworks:

• SS:HI:4:2.1: Describe the interconnectedness of the world developed using examples
• SS:HI:4:5.2: Describe the impact of major national and state events on everyday life

Grades 3-5 – C3:

• His.1.3-5. Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.

Grade 6 – Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

• SP-4: Display numerical data in plots on a number line

Grades 6-8 – C3:

• His.1.6-8. Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.

Grade 7 – Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

• RP-2: Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities.

High School – C3:

• His.1.9-12. Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by unique circumstances of time and place as well as broader historical contexts.
• His.2.9-12. Analyze change and continuity in historical eras. 

High School – Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

• S-ID-1: Represent data with plots on the real number line 

Castle Theme:

• Exploring life on the Lucknow Estate facilitates an intimate understanding of the Plants, their guests and their servants, as well as all those who have come before and after.