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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students engage in writing workshop, using a timeline to focus in on and write about a specific event.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: History Timelines

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA contains a directory of timelines related to NASA exploration and history. A valuable resource.
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Handout
Other

Animated Atlas: American History Timeline: 1780 2010

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated timeline with layers showing states, territories, presidents, society, Native American tribes, world and scientific events, and cultural achievements in the United States from 1780-2010.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Biographies: Creating Timelines of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Online lesson plan which allows students to choose a person of interest and create a timeline of their life. Includes working together, researching potential conflicting information, and developing essays from the original research.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Lisa Law Timeline 1963 1973

For Students 3rd - 8th
This timeline shows some very important events in the ten year span between 1963 and 1973. It is a quick, brief overview by year.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting by Crossing Out With Pictures

For Students 1st - 2nd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive media source, the video defines a timeline and shows an example of how to read a timeline to answer questions, followed by practice problems to...
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Website
Kansas Historical Society

Kansas History in a Nutshell

For Students 9th - 10th
Huge site spanning the entire history of Kansas broken into several eras. Includes a timeline, several primary source documents, and photos. For such a large site, very easy to navigate.
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Interactive
Other

Chrono Zoom: Cosmos

For Students 9th - 10th
An easy way to put historical events into perspective! This interactive timeline features the events of the cosmos.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Alabama State History for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Alabama including early explorers, Native Americans, the Civil War, and Civil Rights.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Alan Paton

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site features excellent links to lesson plans and activities for the book "Cry, the Beloved Country."
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Determine Beginning, Ending, and Elapsed Time Using a Timeline

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cursor down if needed to locate the video "Determining Beginning, Ending, and Elapsed Time Using a Timeline." Determine start times, end times, and the amount of...
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Website
Other

Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Witch Trials Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a timeline of events in the Salem witch trials. Contains quotations from trial participants and a photograph of the tombstone of Sarah Good, convicted and executed as a witch.
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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
Read Works

Read Works: To the Moon!

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text and timeline about NASA's plans of building a base on the moon and reaching towards Mars. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Timelines to 1 Minute Increments

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice telling time by reading a timeline with one minute increments.
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Website
Other

Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
The homepage of the National Women's History Project, this site includes links to suffrage history, timeline, a chat room, and student projects. Also information about the 150th anniversary of the Seneca Falls convention and national...
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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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Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline gives a contextual view of major events from from Pre-Columbian America to 2005. Each period covers a unit in the America's History in the Making course.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs: The u.s. Mexico Border a History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has complete information about the U.S.-Mexico border. It has an interactive timeline of important border events and a morphing map that shows changes in the border.
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Website
US Department of Energy

Us Dept of Energy: Nuclear Age Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a comprehensive timeline of the history of the nuclear age, from the discovery of radioactivity to the cleanup of nuclear weapons.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: It's About Time

For Teachers 5th - 9th
To understand how a geologic time works, young scholars make a personal timeline and compare it to a geologic timeline.
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Lesson Plan
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Creating Timelines

For Students K - 1st
This lesson from Reading Rockets provides a research-based rationale for having young scholars create timelines in the elementary classroom. Grade level modifications and differentiated lesson ideas are included.
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PPT
Other

Cuyahoga Falls City Schools: Chronology and Timelines

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
View this slideshow that explains concepts such as chronological order, timelines, multiple-tier timelines, and understanding B.C and A.D.