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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Out for Timelines

For Teachers 1st
First graders, while in the computer lab, manipulate events onto a calendar created in Publisher and then create a time line of important dates. They place their important dates in the correct month on a calendar and then sequence the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Playing with Language: Tall Tales and Codes

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pupils interpret and identify the elements of folktales, with an emphasis on tall tales, in this lesson. Students utilize brainstorming techniques to list ways people communicate. Pupils also read and create a time line and present...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Annotated Time Line

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students write biographies and timelines of famous people. They research a famous historical figure and his associated events. They write a two-page biography of the figure and create a timeline detailing the events of his life. They...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making a Time Line

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read along with chapter 3 audio tape and answer comprehension questions orally. They retell some of the events they read about and list them as a class and tell what the purpose of a timeline and what it does. Students then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's About Time

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In collaborative teams, students create individual autobiographical presentations that help them investigate their historical background. As they collaborate and create their projects they discuss and come to realize how current...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Civil War Time Line

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils draw a time line on graph paper on a scale of one square to every five years beginning in 1770 and ending at 2000. They place historic events and inventions in their correct time period on the time line, and add their birthday to it.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Opening Time Line Project

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a time line of their life starting at birth and each year after that up to their current age. They write and illustrate one important thing for each year, and place their time lines on poster board.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Passport to the Eastern Hemisphere

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a time line of significant dates in the history of their nation. This requires students to examine the entire history of a country and make informed judgments based on their historical knowledge.
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Website
Other

Who What When: Interactive Historical Timelines

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about specific dates in history at this interactive timeline. Enter dates and years to retrieve charts showing famous births, deaths, and inventions. Here, you can also create graphic timelines of events and...
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Handout
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronological, geographic, and thematic overview of art history illustrated with examples from the Metropolitan's collections. A stunning work of scholarship and beauty from one of the world's most influential cultural institutions.
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Graphic
Other

Five Main Types of Graphic Organizers

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This site provides information on how to use each graphic organizer. There are also 21 different graphic organizers for you to see.
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Website
Other

The Origin and History of the English Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How many native English speakers are there in the world today? Learn important facts and statistics about the English-speaking world as well as a history of the language from its Germanic beginnings to the present.
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Website
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Politics in Colonial Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the politics involved in Colonial Williamsburg, leading up to the American Revolution. Content focuses on famous speeches, documents, and influential people.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Westward Expansion Westward Expansion Timeline

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A timeline of westward expansion in the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Teachnology

Teachnology: Timeline Generator

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Create your own simple timeline of up to six events with this time line generator.
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Activity
Teachnology

Teachnology: Large Time Line Generator

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Create a simple timeline (up to six large events) with this time line generator.
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Website
Other

Storytelling in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
There are several steps to becoming a storyteller. Find out what they are and be on your way to becoming a storyteller here! Learn how to find good stories to tell, and how to tell them to an audience effectively.
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Handout
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: Timeline of Texas History

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline launch page gives a general timeline of Texas History, and contains links for more in-depth study of each time period. It spans from ancient history to the twentieth century.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Moments in Time" Lines

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will give students the opportunity to share important events in their lives while learning to make a timeline.
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Handout
Other

Timelines of History

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, you can see timelines of various eras and events in history. View a chronology of World War II as well as chronologies of video game systems and personal computers. This website provides good examples of simple, yet informative,...
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Handout
Other

Fl International University: History of English Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents a brief history of the English language provided by an amateur historian of English and librarian.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Timelines

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart uses a timeline approach to sequence special events and holidays. Student assessment items are included.
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Graphic
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Lou Gehrig the Luckiest Man

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart created by Cynthia Kussman, Fairfield County School District, SC - Lou Gehrig - The Luckiest Man by David Adler - Flipchart to support the biography of the baseball player known as the Iron...
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Timeline of Your School

For Students 3rd - 5th
Exercise takes students through the process of creating timelines to show important events that happened at their schools.