Monday, October 27, 2014

Timelines: Making History Make Sense

I distinctly remember sitting through history class while the teacher lectured in a monotone voice while we took notes. It was a real battle to stay awake. The one thing I remember about that class concerning United States History was a movie we watched about the Civil War. Since I didn't learn much at all I decided that I hated history.

Now, twenty years later, and having taught Bible History, I am starting to become intrigued with the subject. As a visual learner I love the idea of timelines. I can't imagine trying to teach history without one! Funny thing is, I don't remember ever seeing one hanging on a classroom wall through all my years of public school. Surely there were sections of timelines in our books, but I don't remember them at all!

The great thing is that there are several different types of timelines available to put on your own wall now. What an excellent resource to use after watching a documentary, reading a biography, or learning about an interesting event in history. Your child can go to the timeline and see where that event fits in history, and to see what else was going on in the world at the same time.


Learning Through History has colorful classic timelines and also some blank ones and stickers to use.


Add-A-Century Timeline can be used like a notebook where you can easily add pages and you can also stretch it out to hang it on the wall.

There are plenty of options with timelines, but one idea is to have a blank one where your child can draw, write, or glue pictures near the appropriate date of something he learned. I can't imagine a more effective way for the dates and events of history to make sense.

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