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What the Timeline Tells You is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on finding information on a timeline, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D3.1.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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What the Timeline Tells You

D3.1.K-2

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Read each timeline, then answer the questions.

1.Read the timeline, then answer the questions.

Timeline: Getting Around

A timeline written for this worksheet. 1807: Robert Fulton's steamboat carries passengers on the Hudson River in New York. 1869: Railroad tracks join at Promontory Summit, Utah, linking the East and the West. 1908: Henry Ford's company begins selling the Model T car. 1956: Congress passes a law to build interstate highways across the country.

  1. 1. What kind of roads was the 1956 law meant to build?
  2. 2. What car did Henry Ford's company begin selling in 1908?
  3. 3. Whose steamboat carried passengers on the Hudson River?
2.Read the timeline, then answer the questions.

Timeline: Learning to Fly

A timeline written for this worksheet. 1783: Two people ride in a hot-air balloon above Paris, France. 1903: The Wright brothers fly the first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1927: Charles Lindbergh flies alone across the Atlantic Ocean. 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. 1969: Astronauts land on the Moon.

  1. 1. Who flew alone across the Atlantic first, Lindbergh or Earhart?
  2. 2. In what year did astronauts land on the Moon?
  3. 3. What happened in 1932?

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Answer key — What the Timeline Tells You

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Interstate highways. 2. The Model T. 3. Robert Fulton.
  2. 2.1. Lindbergh, in 1927. Earhart flew alone in 1932. 2. In 1969. 3. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.