Sequencing of Events
Submitted by:Audrey Bond
School or Affiliation: Desert Shadows Middle School, Scottsdale, AZ.
Endorsed by: These lesson plans are the result of the work of the teachers who have
attended the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshop. CEC is a consortium of teacher
from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural,
western, United States, and particularly the quality of math and science Education. CEC
uses Big Sky Telegraph as the hub of their telecommunications network that allows the
participating teachers to stay in contact with their trainers and peers that they have met
at the Workshops.
Date: May 1994
Description:
To make learning American History fun I use a visual symbolic timeline to review a
specific time period in American History.
Grade Level: Appropriate for grades 5 -12
Goal:
The purpose of this activity is to enable students to sequence events and to tie
together in visual form a specific period in American History.
Objectives: As a result of this activity, the students
will:
- Select important dates/events in a specific time period.
- Draw a symbol representing that date/event stimu- lating their creativity.
- Arrange these dates/events in correct sequence on a timeline with their appropriate
symbol stressing good spacing.
- This activity works best after the material has been discussed and then students can tie
together a time period. It can serve as an excellent review technique.
Materials:
- Textbook
- Sample of various kinds of timelines
- Show creative symbols which will spark their own creativity
Procedure:
- Have students select any specific number of dates/ events from a time period in American
History (the 1920's and 1930's).
- Make a rough draft of their dates/events with an appropriate symbol for each event.
- Arrange each date/event with appropriate symbol on a timeline with 4 dates/events above
the timeline and 4 dates/events below the timeline (i.e. if using 8 dates/events) or
simply divide a paper into equal parts and put dates/events into each part in correct
sequence.
- Color in dates/events and symbol.
- Have students discuss and explain their timeline.
Tying it All Together:
- Share timelines and display around the room
- Excellent way to reach all students and let them ex- press themselves artistically and
learn and relate his- torical facts.
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