YEARLAND ADVENTURES
Years are normally divided into two parts.
Barack Obama was born in 1961 (nineteen sixty-one).
19
Nineteen
61
Sixty-one
Christopher Columbus died in 1506 (fifteen oh six).
We read the first digits together, then say “oh,” followed by the number.
15
Fifteen
0
Oh
6
Six
When a year ends in 00 (e.g., 1900), the year is said as the digits before 00, followed by “hundred.”
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born in 1900 (nineteen hundred).
19
Nineteen
00
Hundred
For the years 2001 to 2010, we normally say “two thousand and” followed by the number.
James Joseph Brown died in 2006 (two thousand and six).
For the first years after 2010, we have two different versions.
2020
Two thousand and twenty.
Twenty twenty.
Write years in words:
1. In 1978, a new subway system for Mexico City was being constructed.
2. In 1700, Europe recovered from the Nine Years’ War.
3. George Walker Bush was born in 1946.
4. Barack Obama became president in 2008.
5. The First World War started in 1914.
6. World War II ended in 1945.
7. The biggest earthquake happened in 1960 in Chile.
8. Russia invaded Georgia in 2008.
9. William Shakespeare was born in 1564.
10. Seeds of Peace was started in 1993 by John Wallach.
11. In 1500, most people lived in small villages and worked on farms.
Project
Timeline – a line that shows particular dates over a period of time or the order in which events have happened.
Make a digital timeline of your life:
1. Start with the earliest event, such as your birth. Add a title for the event and the date you were born.
2. Add a short description or caption for the event. Find a picture of yourself as a baby and upload it to the timeline tool.
3. Continue adding important events in your life, such as your first steps, first day of kindergarten, first day of school, or memorable family trips. Add the time, date, description, and pictures for each event.
4. Arrange the events in chronological order.
5. Customize the design with colors and fonts that you like.
Super Easy Years Questionnaire
1. In what year did the United States declare independence?
a) 1776
b) 1492
c) 1865
2. What year did World War II end?
a) 1945
b) 1918
c) 1963
3. In what year did the first moon landing occur?
a) 1969
b) 1976
c) 1980
4. What year was the Berlin Wall torn down?
a) 1989
b) 1991
c) 1975
5. In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech?
a) 1963
b) 1970
c) 1980
6. What year was the first iPhone released?
a) 2007
b) 2010
c) 2005
7. In what year did the Titanic sink?
a) 1912
b) 1905
c) 1920
8. What year did the first episode of “The Simpsons” air?
a) 1989
b) 1995
c) 2000
