Timeline Assistant
October 2011

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--Make A Timeline

--Timeline Dates

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Make a Timeline

The homeschool timeline is a teaching essential. This educational tool organizes important historic events in chronological order. History comes alive and the child "sees the big picture."

We found that constructing a timeline doesn't have to be intimating...or expensive! It can be a fun family project. Just follow the easy steps outlined in the article.

An interesting alternative--The student makes flashcards of the dates and events rather than a timeline. Use them ina variety of ways.

--Your child can memorize the most important dates. Have a contest. Who can most quickly name the event that matches the date?
--He can arrange the cards in chronological order. Make a game of it. Time him. See if he can beat that time.

I'm sure you can think of additional ideas. Please share them with us.

Timeline Dates

• Children, put the dates below on the timeline.

• Moms, use the information in whatever way fits best for your family: Put all of them on the timeline at one time...do one a day...use as a Friday afternoon project...etc.

• FYI--Unless otherwise noted, for the date of a person I just added birth and death dates and divided by two.

• Early dates are approximate. There is some argument about various dates, but I've just used the common ones. By all means, please put whatever date you think accurate.

• Make listings as short as possible. Use abbreviations and symbols. Just don't make my mistake--be so brief that the meaning is unintelligible!

B.C.

3300--Bronze Age begins, Near East
776--First recorded Olympics
612--Destruction of Nineveh and fall of Assyria

A.D.

79--Mt. Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii & Herculaneum
313--Edict of Milan
529--St. Benedict founds monastery at Monte Cassino
793--Vikings begin attacks on Britain
1099--1st Crusade
1209--Cambridge University founded
1260--King Louis IX (France) dedicates Chartres cathedral
1347--Start of Black Death
1497--Vasco de Gama, voyage to India
1520--Suleiman the Magnificent begins reign of Ottoman Empire
1653--New Amsterdam (New York City) incorporated
1763--Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years War
1818-- Frankenstein,Mary Shelley
1861--The Confederate States of America formed
1910--Mexican Revolution
1917--Russian Revolution
1968--Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy assassinated

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