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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: 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. Where did people make paper about 1,900 years ago?
  3. 3. What did people in Mesopotamia write on?
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. Could people fly in airplanes when the balloon rose over Paris? How do you know?
  2. 2. Who flew alone across the Atlantic first, Lindbergh or Earhart?
  3. 3. Which came first, the balloon ride or the first airplane?

LessonPrint · D3.1.K-2 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What the Timeline Tells You

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Writing on computers and phones today. 2. In China. 3. Clay tablets.
  2. 2.1. No. The first airplane flew in 1903, long after the balloon ride in 1783. 2. Lindbergh, in 1927. Earhart flew alone in 1932. 3. The balloon ride, in 1783.

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