Reading a Timeline: Early Colonial History

Give budding historians practice reading and interpreting timelines with this engaging social studies worksheet! Timelines are an important tool in social studies for illustrating the sequence of historical events. Designed for third, fourth, and fifth graders, this inviting worksheet features a simple timeline containing a few key events from early colonial history in North America, including the founding of the Roanoke and Jamestown colonies. Learners are asked to use the timeline to answer six comprehension questions about the order, sequence, and timing of the given historical events. Students will have an opportunity to practice determining which events came earlier or later, as well as how many years apart specific events occurred.