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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: Talking Across Distances

A timeline written for this worksheet. 1844: Samuel Morse sends a telegraph message from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. 1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes a telephone call to his helper, Thomas Watson. 1920: Radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh begins regular broadcasts. 1950s: Television sets are in many American homes. 1973: Martin Cooper makes the first call from a handheld cell phone.

  1. 1. What did Samuel Morse send in 1844?
  2. 2. In which city was radio station KDKA?
  3. 3. Which is the newest way of talking on this timeline?
2.Read the timeline, then answer the questions.

Timeline: Ways of Writing

A timeline written for this worksheet. It counts back in years ago, from ancient times to modern times. About 5,000 years ago: People in Mesopotamia write by pressing marks into clay tablets. About 1,900 years ago: People in China make paper. About 575 years ago: Johannes Gutenberg prints books on a printing press in Germany. About 150 years ago: People begin typing letters on typewriters. Today: People write on computers and phones.

  1. 1. Which way of writing belongs to modern times?
  2. 2. What did people in Mesopotamia write on?
  3. 3. Did typewriters come before or after the printing press?

LessonPrint · D3.1.K-2 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What the Timeline Tells You

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A telegraph message from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. 2. In Pittsburgh. 3. The handheld cell phone, in 1973.
  2. 2.1. Writing on computers and phones today. 2. Clay tablets. 3. After. Typewriters came about 150 years ago and the press about 575 years ago.

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