Timeline and Sources of History

Timeline and Sources of History is a Class 6 Social Science chapter from Exploring Society: India and Beyond for GSEB students. It introduces students to the meaning of history, the importance of arranging events in time, and the use of timelines to understand changes from the past to the present.
 

Through different historical sources, students learn how historians gather information about the past from inscriptions, manuscripts, coins, monuments, artefacts, and other evidence. The chapter helps them understand how such sources are examined to build knowledge about earlier societies.
 

The chapter develops Historical Thinking, Chronological Skills, Observation Skills, Research Skills, Source Analysis Skills, Critical Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Data Interpretation Skills, Communication Skills, and Inquiry Skills.