Timeline English Class 12th Grade
Definition Timeline: a linear representation of important events in the order in which they occurred.
How to Make a Timeline
Deciding What the Timeline Part I Deciding What the Timeline Will Include
Step 1 Give your timeline a title. NASA, to the Moon and Beyond The Justin Timberlake Story A Day in the Life of a Praying Mantis
Step 2 Aim to present a well-rounded history. Learn as much about your timeline topic as you can, so that your timeline accurately reflects what happened.
Step 3 Make a list of events to include.
Step 4 Decide when it will begin and end. 15-20 events is a good number to include for most timelines. You don't always have to start a timeline with a person's birth or end it with his or her death.
Laying Out the Timeline Part II Laying Out the Timeline
Step 1 Sketch a line on a piece of paper. Your final timeline can be vertical or horizontal, curved or straight; it doesn't have to be a plain horizontal line. Start date End date
Step 2 Decide what time increments to use. Decades, years, months, or even days. Figure out what makes sense for your subject and the number of events you're including.
Step 3 Fill in the timeline with events. Go along the line and mark the spots where the events will go. Make darker hash marks to show the years in which the events occurred, and write down a short description of each one.
Adding Creative Elements Part III Adding Creative Elements
Step 1 Use color and bolded text for emphasis.
Step 2 Consider including images. pictures to go along with the events you're chronicling Find images online, copy them from books, or get creative and draw them yourself.
Step 3 Finalize the timeline Make your final draft. Refer sources.
Examples
Reference http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/timeline http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Timeline