Foundations Program – Timeline Card Order with 41 Dates

Week #1 Week #5 Week #9

B1 B29 O2
1. Creation c. 6,000-4,000 BC 33. Davidic Kingdom c. 1011-971 BC 65. Barbarian Invasion and Vikings
B2 B30 O3
2. The Fall in the Garden
B3
34. Solomon‟s Reign 66. St. Jerome Completes the Vulgate
O4
405 AD
G5
3. Cain and Abel 35. Israel Divides into Two Kingdoms c. 931 BC 67. The Council of Chalcedon
B4 G6 G32
4. The Flood 36. Homer and Greek Mythology 68. End of the Western Roman Empire 476 AD
B5 G7 O5
5. Tower of Babel 37. The Olympics 69. St. Benedict and Monasticism
G8 O6
6. Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by Pharaoh 38. Founding of Rome 70. Justinian the Great
B6 G9 O7
Menes 39. Greece Colonized, Democracy Begins 71. Mohammed and Islam
B7 G10
7. The Old Kingdom in Egypt 40. Israel and Judah Fall c. 722BC, 586 BC 72. Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, and
B8 O8
8. First Intermediate Period in Egypt Charlemagne 714-814 AD

Week #2 Week #6 Week #10

G1 G11 O9
9. Minoan Culture 41. Prophets of God c. 740-433 BC 73. Alfred the Great
B9 G12 O10
10. Call of Abram c. 2091 BC 42. Roman Republic Developed 74. Otto I and the Holy Roman Empire 962-973 AD
B10 G13 O11
11. God‟s Covenant with Abraham 43. Persian Wars 75. The East-West Schism
B11 G14 O12
12. Hagar and Ishmael 44. Pericles and the Peloponnesian War 76. The Feudal System
B12 G15
13. Sodom and Gomorrah 45. Greek Philosophers 77. William the Conqueror and the Battle of
B13 G16 O13
14. Birth and Sacrifice of Isaac 46. Nehemiah and the Jewish Return Hastings
B14 G17 O14
15. The Middle Kingdom in Egypt 47. Alexander the Great c. 356-323 BC 78. Cathedrals in Europe
B15 B31 O15
16. Joseph as a Slave c. 1898 BC 48. Alexander the Great Conquers Egypt 79. The Crusades 1095-c. 1250 AD
O16
80. St. Francis of Assisi
Week #3 Week #7
17. Famine in Egypt
B16
49. Architectural Advances in Rome
G18 Week #11
B17 G19 O17
18. The Twelve Tribes of Israel c. 1860 BC 50. Rome Rises to World Power by 146 BC 81. The Magna Carta 1215 AD
B18 G20 O18
19. Second Intermediate Period in Egypt 51. Reign of Julius Caesar 82. St. Thomas Aquinas
B19 B32 019
20. Code of Hammurabi c. 1792-1750 BC 52. Egypt Falls to Rome 83. Marco Polo
B20 G21
21. Hyksos Invasion of Egypt 53. Reign of Caesar Augustus 84. The Hundred Years War, The Black Death, and
G22 O20
22. Early New Kingdom in Egypt
B21
54. Birth of Christ Joan of Arc 1337-1453 AD
B22 G23 O21
23. Moses‟ Birth c. 1525 BC 55. Ministry of John the Baptist 85. The Great Papal Schism
B23 G24 O22
24. Plagues in Egypt 56. Ministry of Christ c. 27 - c.30 AD 86. John Wycliffe and John Huss
R1
87. Prince Henry the Navigator
O23
Week #4 Week #8 88. Fall of Constantinople to Mohammed II
B24
25. The Exodus 57. Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of
26. Ten Commandments
B25
c. 1445 BC Christ
G25 Week #12
G26 O24
27. Mycenaen Culture
G2
58. Rome Burns, Nero Persecutes Christians 89. Gutenberg Prints the Bible 1456 AD
B26 G27 O25
28. Amenhotep IV and Monotheism 59. Destruction of Jerusalem 70 AD 90. The Renaissance
B27 G28 O26
29. Reign of Tutankhamon c. 1333-1323 BC 60. Pompeii Burns 91. The Inquisition
B28 G29 R2
30. Later New Kingdom in Egypt 61. Split of the Roman Empire 92. Columbus Sails to the New World
G3 G30 O27
31. Trojan War c. 1250 BC 62. Constantine and the Edict of Milan 313 AD 93. Martin Luther Begins the Reformation
G4 G31 R3
32. Phoenician Civilization and the Alphabet 63. The First Council of Nicea 94. Magellan Circumnavigates the Earth
O1 O28
64. St. Augustine Converts to Christianity 95. Ulrich Zwingli and the Anabaptists
O29
96. The Act of Supremacy

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 Foundations Program – Timeline Card Order with 41 Dates

Week #13 Week #17 The goal of CC‟s Timeline memory work is to
O30 Y1
97. John Calvin and the Institutes 129. The Monroe Doctrine give the student a solid chronological timeline of
Y2
98. Cortes, de Soto, de Leon and Coronado: the 130. Traveling the Erie Canal major events, people, and periods for children
R4 Y3
Spanish Explorers
O31
131. Jacksonian Democracy
Y4
build on or “pegs” to hang more information on
99. The Council of Trent 1545-1563 AD 132. The Cotton Gin Establishes the South as they mature.
O32 Y5
100. John Knox, the Scottish Reformer 133. Slavery in the South c. 1780-1865 AD
Y6
101. Explorers of the Northeast: Cartier, Champlain 134. The Cherokee Trail of Tears
R5
135. Remember the Alamo
Y7
1835 AD
Parent Note: CC lists the cards by Veritas
and Cabot
102. Raleigh Settles Roanoke
R6
136. Westward Expansion
Y8 Press‟ suggested order first. Then any timeline
103. Jamestown is Founded in Virginia
R7 cards that cross chronologically between
104. The Mayflower Lands at Plymouth
R8
1620 AD “colors” are arranged to best fit into a continuous
Week #18 chronological timeline.
Week #14 137. War with Mexico
Y9
R9 Y10
105. Pilgrims Build Plymouth Colony 138. „49ers and the California Gold Rush
Y11
106. Massachusetts Bay Colony, Home of the 139. Opening the Oregon Territory
R10 th Y12
Puritans 140. Lincoln, the 16 President
R11 Y13
107. Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island 141. War Between the States
R12 Y14
108. Salem Witch Trials 142. The Battle of Gettysburg 1863 AD
R13 Y15
109. 13 Colonies Formed 1607-1733 AD 143. Great Generals of the War Between the States
R14 Y16
110. The First Great Awakening 144. Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
R15
111. Colonial Trading with England
R16
112. The French and Indian Wars 1754-1763 AD Week #19
Y17
145. Reconstructing the South
Week #15 146. Black Leadership Emerges in the South
Y18
R17
113. Parliament Acts Unjustly 147. The Age of Industry
Y19
c. 1870-1900 AD For
114. The First Continental Congress Seeks Peace Y20

with Britain
R18
148. The Battle of Little Big Horn
Y21 CC Foundations Program Director
149. Cowboys and the West
115. The War for Independence Begins
R19
150. The Spanish-American War
Y22 use only
R20 Y23
116. British Lose at Bunker Hill 151. A President Named Teddy 1901-1909 AD
R21
117. America Declares its Independence 1776 AD 152. Immigration to America
Y24
R22 May be used and distributed to program families
118. Washington Commands the Continental Army
119. Winter at Valley Forge
R23 that have purchased the Veritas Press Timeline
120. Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris
R24
1781,1783 Cards.
Week #20
AD Y25 Unlawful distribution prohibited.
153. Wright Brothers and Other Inventors
Week #16 154. The Great World War
Y26
1914-1918 AD
R25
121. The Constitutional Convention 1787 AD 155. Roaring Twenties
Y27
R26
122. America‟s Founding Fathers 156. The Great Depression
Y28
R27 Y29
123. Washington, Our First President 157. World War II, the Biggest War 1939-1945 AD
R28
124. The Louisiana Purchase from France
R29
158. The Cold War, Korea and Vietnam
Y30
“c” = “circa”
125. The Lewis & Clark Expedition 159. The Space Race
Y31
“-“ = “to”
R30
126. The Second Great Awakening 1799-1830 AD 160. Modern America
Y32
“,” = a pause
R31
127. The War of 1812
R32
128. The Missouri Compromise

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