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Trace the history of people through various time periods from the humans who lived with mammoth to today.
Using the red colour that is also found in other Montessori cosmic lessons this timeline draws out the history of humans introducing both key facts in human development along with interesting events and peoples.
I designed this pack to help my 9-12 neurodivergent learners who find research with books overwhelming but are ready for more indepth study of humans.
Includes events from different places, cultures and continents.As this is a 'taster' timeline only a couple of sentences about each of the events etc are included.
The following events are covered.
The following events/people/ideas are covered:
Paleolithic Period
Hunter Gatherers
Origin of human made fire
Human burial
Howeison Poort
Length of childhood
Blades
First needles
Cave art
Venus Figurines
Dog domestication
Glaciers melting and human migration
Mega fauna
Mesolithic hunter gatherers and how they lived
Neolithic Period
Farming of einkorn and emmer
Copper - Balochistan
Invention of the wheel
Otzi the Iceman
Bronze age - mention of Akkadian and Assyrian Empire.
Start of Hinduisim and Judaism
Mathematics
Bronze Age
Building of Egyptian pyramids
Nok culture
Kushites
Persian Empire
Han Dynasty
Alexander the Great
Birth of Jesus
Roman Empire
Kingdom of Aksum
Maya and their writing system
Aztec and Inca civilizations
Lapita people
Founding of Islam
Enslavement
Trading between Africa and the rest of the world
Leonardo da Vinci
Enlightenment
Political revolutions
Industrial revolution
Colonialism
Inventions in modern times
Political revolutions of 20th and 21st century.
You get:
15 page timeline (UK and US timeline)
Pictures for children to make puppets, dioramas or posters.
28 Task cards for follow up featuring questions like:
"Make a timeline that shows the different dynasties of China"
" The wheel was developed in Mesopotamia to make clay. What would the world be like today without wheels?"
Game: the answer is given and the child comes up with a question to go with the answer. Similar to a common game show game.
Created by Lisa, a Montessori-trained teacher, NZ registered teacher, school principal, and former homeschooler. These resources are tested with real learners, including neurodivergent children, and designed to be practical, affordable, and low-prep.
✔ Used in real Montessori and homeschool settings
✔ Designed to support independence, mixed-age learning, and neurodivergent learners
