Ask the two questions
Read each card. Does it have a date? Did it change her life, or the world? Two yeses means it is a timeline event.
Not sure what to do? Watch the story Finding the Big Events first.
Second Grade · Biography Timeline
Timeline Event or Fun Detail?
Sort facts about Amelia Earhart. Then put her big events in order to make a timeline.
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Sort the cards
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For teachers
Eleven facts about Amelia Earhart: six events with dates that changed her life, and five fun details. One detail (seeing an airplane at a fair when she was 10) has an age but did not change her life, which makes a good discussion. After sorting, students put the six events in order by year to build a timeline with equal boxes. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.