1. Warm Up: 1. Make a list of your 5 biggest accomplishments in life
Explain what the accomplishment was, when it happened, and give any other important details.
2. Share your accomplishment list with your partner- be sure to also be an active listener as they share with you.
3. Number your events based on the time they occurred- 1 for the earliest and 5 for the most recent
Then wait for further directions

2. Timelines

3. What are timelines used for?
A timeline is a method for picturing or seeing time.
Timelines take events and place them on a line.
This shows the chronology, or order that events happened.
Timelines are a tool historian use to explain the past
Timelines a quick reference guides
Timelines often include pictures

4. Why should we make timelines?
Timelines show the relationship between events and time.
Patterns can emerge that might not have been seen without the timeline.
They are easy ways to represent a series of events
They can simplify a lot of information
Let’s look at some examples….

5. Timeline of Cell Phones

6. Timeline of Benjamin Franklin’s Life

7. Partner Activity- Making a timeline
I will give you a piece of computer paper now
Write both partners names in the upper right hand corer (first and last names), and your period number
Be sure to work together – so you both get a good grade.
Work together
Be polite- use kind words
Stay on task
Ask if you need help

8. How to make a Timeline. Step 1: First draw a line.
The line should go through the center of your paper.

9. Step 2
Determine the time span to be shown- based on the events you are going to list.
The example below shows a time span of 10 years.
Evenly space the numbers (these should be years)

10. Step 3
Once you have finished your line, add events to the timeline- you can use the top and bottom.
Place the events and description in the order they occurred on the line.
The descriptions should be 1-2 sentences.
Event 1 Event Event 3
Description Description Description

11. Step 4 Draw a line from the event to the timeline
Intersect the line at the exact time that the event occurred.
Some events do not occur at the divisions on the timeline, but somewhere in between.

12. Timeline of your Life
You will create a timeline of your life for homework tonight
I will pass out the papers now
Please note the due date on the handout- put it in your planner so that you don’t forget it- it is also listed on the board
Let’s read over the requirements
Listen