Timeline: Alexander Graham Bell

Questions

1. Read a timeline According to the timeline, what happened in 1871?

   Began studying why wine and milk spoiled Used X-rays to prove that the benzene ring is flat Began teaching deaf students in Boston Helped start the National Geographic Society
2. Read a timeline In what year did this happen? "Helped start the National Geographic Society."

   1847 1871 1876 1888
3. Read a timeline On the timeline, what happened next after "Moved with his parents to Canada"?

   Helped start the National Geographic Society Bell is born in Edinburgh, Scotland Received a patent for the telephone Began teaching deaf students in Boston
4. Read a timeline According to the timeline, where was Alexander Graham Bell born?

   Edinburgh, Scotland Erode, India Milan, Ohio White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
5. Timeline math How many years does the timeline cover from the first event after birth to the last event in the list?

   18 19 41 13
6. Text features Why is a timeline a good way to show this information?

   It explains the meaning of words. It shows where places are on a map. It shows events in the order they happened. It shows how big things are.

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