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The History Place

The History Place: Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides an extensive timeline of the life and work of Abraham Lincoln. Throughout the timeline there are photos that can be enlarged and many, many links to speeches, papers, letters of Lincoln's. The site is very easy to...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Textiles

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site on textiles of the North American Southwest. Includes a gallery, map, catalog, glossary and timeline.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: After the Chicago Fire [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
"After the Chicago Fire" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about how Chicago was rebuilt after the great fire. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Chicago Fire [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Chicago Fire" is a one page, nonfiction passage about the great Chicago Fire of 1871, which burned the city constructed of wood, and its rebuilding using brick. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: America 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
Find fun historical facts from events over the course of the year 1900.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Timelines to 1 Minute Increments

For Students 2nd - 4th
[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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining the Missing Component on a Timeline

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to find elapsed time, start time, or end time on various timelines. The video is followed by a series of practice questions to assess student...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Draw Conclusions: History Analysis [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Graphic organizers are provided to help analyze the importance of people in history and to place events in chronological order. Guiding questions are provided to help guide students
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PBS

Pbs Commanding Heights: History of Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS Commanding Heights site offers a timeline of historical and political events in Peru from 1910 to 2003.
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PBS

Pbs: The Great War: Interactive Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an interactive timeline of World War I. Choose a year to see important events listed chronologically. You can click on battles and names of famous people to read accompanying thoughts of historians.
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PBS

Pbs: Global Connections in Liberia

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS profiles the African nation of Liberia with a timeline, film, essays, and lessons for students and teachers.
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Other

Universita Di Torino: Nobel Prize for Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an illustrated list of the Nobel Prize winners in chemistry, with a brief description of the innovations for which the prizes were awarded.
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Other

Timelines for Fun and Understanding

For Students 9th - 10th
The Southeast Idaho Homeschool Association provides tips and ideas to use timelines and make them fun when teaching. Also explains different types of timelines.
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Other

Armstrong Atlantic State University: English Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about the history of the English language when you visit this informative site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource.
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Quia

Quia: Key Events of the Revolutionary War

For Students 3rd - 5th
Put the Revolutionary war events in sequential order in this interactive activity.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students engage in writing workshop, using a timeline to focus in on and write about a specific event.
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NASA

Nasa: History Timelines

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA contains a directory of timelines related to NASA exploration and history. A valuable resource.
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Animated Atlas: American History Timeline: 1780 2010

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated timeline with layers showing states, territories, presidents, society, Native American tribes, world and scientific events, and cultural achievements in the United States from 1780-2010.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Biographies: Creating Timelines of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
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.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Lisa Law Timeline 1963 1973

For Students 3rd - 8th
This timeline shows some very important events in the ten year span between 1963 and 1973. It is a quick, brief overview by year.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting by Crossing Out With Pictures

For Students 1st - 2nd
[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...
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Kansas Historical Society

Kansas History in a Nutshell

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

Chrono Zoom: Cosmos

For Students 9th - 10th
An easy way to put historical events into perspective! This interactive timeline features the events of the cosmos.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Alabama State History for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Alabama including early explorers, Native Americans, the Civil War, and Civil Rights.