Task 1 - Chronology Historians divide time up into sections. These sections help us put events into order. BC Before Christ (before the birth of Jesus) AD Anno Domini (In the year of our Lord) the time after Jesus was born. 1000BC 100BC.5BC 4BC 3BC 2BC 1BC 1AD 2AD 3AD 4AD 5AD.. 2013AD BC dates BC dates count backwards AD dates AD dates count forwards The years we live in now all come from year 1 AD, the year that Jesus may have been born; therefore we live 2013 years after Jesus was born. The tricky part comes when looking at events before Jesus was born. 100BC is further back in time than 20BC. (There was no year 0 time went from 1BC to 1AD) Match up the words to the definitions. Write them out on the empty grid (6 marks) Words Century BC Decade AD Period Millennium Definition (Meaning) Anno Domini One thousand years Separate division of time Before Christ One hundred years Ten years Century BC Decade AD Period Millennium
Here is a list of events. They are not in the correct order. First you must put them into the right chronological order. This means the first one will be furthest back in time, following on until the most recent event. Battle of Hastings 1066 AD Birth of Christ Year 1 AD Egyptian Era 3000 BC Founding of Rome 800 BC Great Fire of London 1666 AD Gulf War 1991 AD Henry VIII comes to the throne 1509 AD Man walks on the moon 1969 AD Oldest event 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Most recent event 8.
Task 2 Dividing time Which century? A century is 100 years. We number the centuries to make it easier to explain when things happened. For example, 2013 is in the 21 st Century AD. The Romans invaded Britain in the 1 st Century AD Finding out which year is in which century can be tricky. The easiest way to do this is: 1. look at the year 1821 AD 2. cover the last 2 figures of the year 18** 3. look at the first figure(s) of the year 18 4. Add one 18 + 1 = 19 5. Remember to add AD or BC back on. 19 th Century AD So the year 1821 is in the 19 th century. Fill in the blank in this sentence: 1. The year 1584 is in the century. Now write a sentence for the following years: 2. 1275 3. 2001 4. 1899 5. 654 When we talk about decades we don t say the second decade. We say the twenties. So 1933 was in the thirties of the twentieth century. Fill in this paragraph with the correct information: I was born in the century. The decade I was born in was the. My year of birth is (BC/AD). In my lifetime I have entered a new and now live in the century.
Task 3 - Anachronisms Anachronism something which is historically wrong as it could not have existed in the historical era described. For example, if you wrote about a Roman soldier wearing a digital watch, or a medieval knight driving a tank. Your task is to go through the following passage and underline the anachronisms. There are twelve to find. The year is 1500. The artist sat down on the hill overlooking the village in the valley. He got out his brush and neon gel pens, and began to paint what he could see. It was such a pretty village with one large manor house, a small church and a few thatched cottages. There were masses of open countryside and a river ran close to the village. In the grounds of the manor house he could see a man mowing the lawn and another cutting down trees with a chainsaw. In the nearby street were some children playing with marbles and a couple on a push bike. The air was fresh with flowers until all of a sudden there was an awful whiff! The artist could see a red tractor in the distance it was spreading muck. In the other large fields were lots of farmers cutting the hay and loading it onto horse drawn wagons. The village was near the coast and on the little beach were more children building sand castles and playing with dinghies in the water. They were glad it was Sunday because it meant they had a day off from helping their parents to make clothes from wool in the upstairs rooms of their homes. The artist could also see a huge steam ship chugging closer to the shore to seek shelter from the coming bad weather. Suddenly he heard the church bells ringing it was time for the villagers to go to afternoon service. He had heard on the radio that there was to be a new vicar starting this week. Even when drinking ale in the local inn, he could tell people were excited about this. They were also impressed with the new gas cookers that had been sold in the local supermarket, and could now look forward to Sundays with oven roasted lamb before having a game of football at the local stadium. The last thing the artist painted before he finished that day was the new train that had puffed its way around the hill.
Task 4 City of Rome This term in your lessons you have been learning about Rome and the Roman army. You will now do some research into the city of Rome. What are you researching? You need to find out about some buildings in Ancient Rome. You can look up any important buildings that you would like. Some examples are the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus, the Forum (not exactly a building but an open town centre), Roman temples or Trajan s Column. Where can you research? You can look in the school library, or on the internet. You could go to your local library. You could also ask the History teachers at school to show you places to research. Finally, you can come to the Thursday night History homework club or any other homework club for help. How should you present your research? You need to put a picture, hand drawn or printed, and some facts about the building. Good = two buildings researched and presented. Better = three buildings researched and presented. Exceptional = four buildings researched and presented. Building
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Task 5 What was Ancient Rome like? Based upon your lessons in History and also your research into the buildings in the city of Rome, answer the following question: Would you rather live in Ancient Rome or in Haslingden in 2013? Good = you have given an opinion with at least one reason. Better = you have completely explained your opinion with at least two reasons. Exceptional = you have explained two sides to your answer and then chosen which side you prefer.