Journey to Equality Timeline - Grade 4 (Black History with Fractions & Decimals)

Black History Project – Journey to Equality Timeline

(4th Grade, Fraction and Decimal Equivalence)

• Engaging way to practice fraction and decimal equivalence!
• Models, expanded form, word form, simplest form, equivalent fractions, and decimal/fraction addition and subtraction
• Cross-curricular way to incorporate math content into social studies!
• Low prep activity with answer key and scoring rubric included!

This product is a timeline project for 4th grade students that allows students to order events from African Americans’ journey to equality in America. To order these events, students will apply their understanding of fraction and decimal equivalence to convert various forms of numbers into proper fractions or mixed numbers. After converting the numbers to proper fractions, students will create their timeline by labeling every tenth or ten-hundredths from 0 to 4 ½. Zero on the timeline represents the year 1600, 1 represents 1700, and 2 8/100 represents 1808, etc. They will need tape or glue sticks to attach the 9 number line (timeline) sheets to make one long timeline. These can be adhered to construction paper or butcher paper as well for more color, if desired. Students will cut out each of the 24 events and then place them in the correct area of the number line (timeline) - above or below the line. To add more rigor to this project, you can have students make their own number lines with meter sticks and a large piece of butcher/chart paper (over 5 meters in length). Students will have to add their own ticks on the number line (this can add about 20 minutes to the time needed for this project). I had my students work in teams of 2 or 3 to complete this project, and I checked 10 events from the timeline for accuracy, and then used the included rubric to give students a score for this project. There is also a reflection sheet at the end of the project for students to respond to what they learned.

With most projects I have my students work on, I think it is a good idea to model one or two of the event cards before students complete it on their own, but this is not necessary.

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