Noting Time - Vocabulary and Approaches
It is important that we know exactly when something happened in the past. Because of this importance we need to understand the different ways we can use to express the 'when' an event occurred.
- Year: the most frequent way we express when an event occurred is by stating its year. For example, Canadian Confederation occurred in 1867 (pronounced "eighteen-sixty-seven).
- Decade: we can also state that something occurred over a period of time by saying which decade it happened. For example, the Quiet Revolution took place in Quebec during the 1960s (pronounced nineteen-sixties). This means that the event took place from about 1960-1969.
- Century: there are two ways that we can say something happened during a particular century (100 years)
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TIMELINES
Timelines are a useful approach to help contextualize when something happened in relation to something else. They can help us to visualize the order of events.
Timelines are a useful approach to help contextualize when something happened in relation to something else. They can help us to visualize the order of events.