Who Says a Year is a Year?
About the Who Says a Year is a Year? Lesson
Summary
This lesson is a broad look into the history of calendars. It begins with ancient people and their need and desire to keep track of time.
Objectives
• To give the student knowledge of how we came to organize our time.
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To show the student the origins of terms and titles and give an idea of how the past has shaped the world.
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To help students appreciate the efforts of ancient man.
Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Excerpt
Thousands of years ago, people wanted to be able to keep track of time too. They needed to know when food would be abundant, and they wanted to keep track of their holidays and celebrations.
The Egyptians who lived by the Nile River depended on the river for irrigation of their fields. Only once in the year does the Nile River flood its banks sending needed water into the fields. The farmers wanted to be able to know when it was the river?s time to overflow. They made one of the first calendars. It marked flood-time, seed-time, and harvest-time
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