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Timelines are a wonderful way to see all history at a glance They help visualize the procession of time and how one event spurts on another. They also help you see history by the slice - what was happening at various places in the world at the same time. Timelines help the most visual of learner grasp the abstract idea of "time" in a hands-on way. Your kinesthetic learner will benefit from the cutting and coloring of figures. They are wonderful for the auditory learner as each figure has a descriptive text to remember key points of each person or event. Best of all, they inspire a love of learning about the people and events that made a mark in the world, reinforcing that knowledge by taking part in putting the "puzzle" of history together. CD 1 includes PDF pages of all the figures in the Historical Timeline Figures sets: Creation to Christ Resurrection to Revolution Napoleon to Now America's History CD 2 includes: For advanced projects, a gallery of GIFS of more than 1,260 timeline images. Over 30 helpful categories, stored in web browser format: chronological, alphabetical, and several classifications that help make topical studies a breeze… (more)
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I enjoy making connections: discovering how two people are related, the “aha” of linking two ideas, or seeing how historical events fit together. To understand today’s headlines, one needs to understand how they are
An excellent tool for teaching chronological history is the timeline. Even if you don’t follow a chronological history schedule in your homeschool, you can use a timeline for the part of history you are studying. You can use this tool for science and art history as well.
The History Through the Ages CDs have served me well as a tool for creating timelines. Although designed to follow Diana Waring’s History Alive! curriculum, it works with any history curriculum. Add-ons for the Mystery of History curriculum are also available.
Amy Pak has drawn the beautiful, blackline figures in a realistic style. Some of the illustrations reflect well-known art pieces or portraits of famous people.
The first CD contains PDF pages of all the History Through the Ages Timeline print sets (from Creation to the 21st century). Each sheet contains approximately ten to twelve 2.5- to 3.5-inch tall figures, perfect for a book or wall timeline. From the CD’s table of contents, you choose the page you wish to print and whether you want to print the figures with or without descriptive text. On each page, the figures are listed in chronological order based on an event’s start date or a person’s birth date.
The second CD contains over 1,260 timeline images as separate, high-qualify GIF files. You can print them as full-size coloring pages or import them into your favorite software program and make them any size you wish. The table of contents on this CD lists the images in chronological and alphabetical order. You can also explore the figures by category such as wars, artists, church history, or by culture.
Both CDs also offer Timeline Helps, which provides many ideas on how to use the timeline figures. Not only are different types of timelines, such as wall, notebook, or file-card timelines described, but also how to create lapbooks and games with the figures. This section also gives coloring and adhesive tips as well.
In addition to the CD version, this resource is available in print form in separate volumes: Creation to Christ (Beginning to 100 AD–World History); Resurrection to Revolution (0 to 1799 AD–World History); Napoleon to Now (1800 to Modern Day–World History); and America’s History (Explorers to 21st Century). These only have the 2.5- to 3.5-inch tall figures printed on colored card stock.
We started using timelines for ancient history when my son was a first-grader. Looking at the completed timeline, my husband and I found it fascinating to see how traditional ancient history and biblical history intersected. At that time, I used old, continuous-feed, dot-matrix printer paper as my timeline base. Other years, we’ve put them in notebooks and even on a sewing cutting board.
If you’d like to get better connected to the flow of history, give a timeline a try.