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Lila's Family Timeline

Read a family history and use dates and sequence clues to place events from Lila's life in order.

Grade 1Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toHIS.1.1

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 13 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students put events from a person's life in order on a simple timeline.
  • Students use dates and sequence words to explain which life events came before or after others.

How to use

Read the family history aloud together. Have students use the dates and sequence clues to build Lila's timeline, then explain one answer with evidence.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

HIS.1.1

Put events from a person's life or a family's history in order on a simple timeline.

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Name Date

Lila's Family Timeline

Put the events in Lila's life in order.

Read the family history

Read the passage. Then answer the questions.

Lila's Story

Here is part of Omar's family history. His great-grandmother, Lila, was born in 1938 in a small town. When she was a child, she learned to sew from her aunt. In 1957, Lila moved to a city to work at a clothing shop. In 1962, she married Sam. Later, Lila and Sam moved to Cedar Grove, where they raised two children. In 1985, Lila taught her granddaughter Noor to sew. Noor keeps a photo of that lesson.

1.
Which event happened first in Lila's life?
  • A. Lila moved to Cedar Grove.
  • B. Lila married Sam.
  • C. Lila was born.
  • D. Lila taught Noor.
2.
Match each year to the event that happened that year.
  1. 1938
  2. 1957
  3. 1962
  4. 1985
  1. A. Lila taught Noor to sew.
  2. B. Lila moved to a city.
  3. C. Lila was born.
  4. D. Lila married Sam.
3.
Word bank: learned · married · raised · taught

After Lila moved to a city, she later   Sam.

Build the timeline

Put the events in time order. Use the passage to help you.

4.
Sort these event cards from first to fourth.
Lila was born.Lila moved to a city.Lila married Sam.Lila taught Noor to sew.
1st event2nd event3rd event4th event
5.
What happened just before Lila married Sam?
  • A. She taught Noor to sew.
  • B. She moved to a city for work.
  • C. She was born in a small town.
  • D. She moved to Cedar Grove.
6.
Circle the timeline that is in the correct order.

1938: born; 1962: married Sam; 1957: moved to a city; 1985: taught Noor1938: born; 1957: moved to a city; 1962: married Sam; 1985: taught Noor1957: moved to a city; 1938: born; 1962: married Sam; 1985: taught Noor1938: born; 1957: moved to a city; 1985: taught Noor; 1962: married Sam

7.
Which event happened after Lila and Sam moved to Cedar Grove?
  • A. Lila learned to sew as a child.
  • B. Lila married Sam.
  • C. Lila taught Noor to sew.
  • D. Lila moved to a city for work.
8.

Lila taught Noor to sew in  .

Check the order

Look closely at each timeline and use the passage as evidence.

9.
A student writes this timeline: 1938 born; 1957 moved to a city; 1985 taught Noor; 1962 married Sam. Which change fixes the timeline?
  • A. Put 1985 before 1957.
  • B. Put 1962 before 1957.
  • C. Put 1938 after 1985.
  • D. Put 1962 before 1985.
10.
Circle the two events that happened between Lila's birth and her marriage to Sam.

Lila was born.Lila learned to sew.Lila moved to a city.Lila moved to Cedar Grove.Lila taught Noor to sew.

11.
Sort each event by whether it happened before or after Lila married Sam.
Lila learned to sew.Lila moved to Cedar Grove.Lila was born.Lila taught Noor to sew.
Before she married SamAfter she married Sam
12.
How do you know that Lila moved to a city before she taught Noor? Use two details from the passage.
13.
A classmate says Lila taught Noor before she moved to a city. Which evidence shows the classmate is wrong?
  • A. The move was in 1957, and the lesson was in 1985.
  • B. The move was in 1985, and the lesson was in 1957.
  • C. The move and lesson were both in 1938.
  • D. The passage gives no year for either event.

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