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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. Before 1869, could a train cross the whole country? How do you know?
  3. 3. Where did the railroad tracks join in 1869?
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. Where did people make paper about 1,900 years ago?
  2. 2. What did people in Mesopotamia write on?
  3. 3. Who printed books on a printing press?

LessonPrint · D3.1.K-2 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What the Timeline Tells You

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Interstate highways. 2. No. The tracks linking the East and the West joined only in 1869. 3. At Promontory Summit, Utah.
  2. 2.1. In China. 2. Clay tablets. 3. Johannes Gutenberg, in Germany.

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