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Grade 5 reading · Timeline

Timeline: Frederick Banting

This timeline shows important events in the life of Frederick Banting, who is remembered for helping discover insulin to treat diabetes. Read it from top to bottom to follow the events in order.

Frederick Banting: timeline
Year	Event
1891	Banting is born in Alliston, Ontario, Canada
1921	Began experiments with Charles Best in Toronto that led to insulin
1922	Helped give the first insulin treatment to a boy with diabetes
1923	Shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1941	Banting dies

Questions

Read a timeline According to the timeline, what happened in 1922?
Moved to Paris to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne Opened a laboratory for inventing in Menlo Park, New Jersey Helped give the first insulin treatment to a boy with diabetes Became the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate
Read a timeline In what year did this happen? "Shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine."
1921 1923 1941 1891
Read a timeline According to the timeline, where was Frederick Banting born?
Dole, France White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Johannesburg, South Africa Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Timeline math How many years does the timeline cover from the first event after birth to the last event in the list?
3 12 2 32
Text features Why is a timeline a good way to show this information?
It explains the meaning of words. It shows events in the order they happened. It shows how big things are. It shows where places are on a map.

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