ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Biographies: Creating Timelines of Life
Online lesson 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.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Lisa Law Timeline 1963 1973
This timeline shows some very important events in the ten year span between 1963 and 1973. It is a quick, brief overview by year.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting by Crossing Out With Pictures
[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...
Kansas Historical Society
Kansas History in a Nutshell
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.
Other
Chrono Zoom: Cosmos
An easy way to put historical events into perspective! This interactive timeline features the events of the cosmos.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Alabama State History for Kids
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Alabama including early explorers, Native Americans, the Civil War, and Civil Rights.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Alan Paton
This site features excellent links to lesson plans and activities for the book "Cry, the Beloved Country."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determine Beginning, Ending, and Elapsed Time Using a Timeline
[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...
Other
Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Witch Trials Chronology
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.
Read Works
Read Works: Westward Expansion Westward Expansion Timeline
[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.
Read Works
Read Works: To the Moon!
[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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Timelines to 1 Minute Increments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice telling time by reading a timeline with one minute increments.
Other
Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement
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...
Teachnology
Teachnology: Timeline Generator
Create your own simple timeline of up to six events with this time line generator.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Large Time Line Generator
Create a simple timeline (up to six large events) with this time line generator.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Timeline
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.
PBS
Pbs: The u.s. Mexico Border a History
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.
US Department of Energy
Us Dept of Energy: Nuclear Age Timeline
This site is a comprehensive timeline of the history of the nuclear age, from the discovery of radioactivity to the cleanup of nuclear weapons.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: It's About Time
To understand how a geologic time works, students make a personal timeline and compare it to a geologic timeline.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Creating Timelines
This lesson plan from Reading Rockets provides a research-based rationale for having learners create timelines in the elementary classroom. Grade level modifications and differentiated lesson plan ideas are included.
Other
Cuyahoga Falls City Schools: Chronology and Timelines
View this slideshow that explains concepts such as chronological order, timelines, multiple-tier timelines, and understanding B.C and A.D.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Non Fiction Text Features 3rd Grade Test
Text feature terms are included in this assessment. This test assesses the following text feature terms: map, table of contents, index, bold words, caption, timeline, heading, and glossary. Images of the text feature terms are included....
BBC
Bbc History: Historic Figures: William Shakespeare (1564 1616)
Brief biography of playwright William Shakespeare, including personal information and life as a poet and actor.
Physics Central
American Physical Society: A Century of Physics
This site presents year-by-year timeline of physics discoveries during the twentieth century. Just click on "Timeline," for a complete summary of physics history since 1896.