Building a timeline
What's on your timeline?
Parts of a timeline
100

Which side of a horizontal timeline do you put the earliest date on?

Put it on the left.

100

What event starts your timeline?

Your birth!

100

Name the first part of a timeline.

one long horizontal line

200

What does every timeline need, to describe what it is?

It needs a title. (a name)

200

What can everybody in this class put on their timeline?

The year they migrated

The month they started this class

The date they left their country

200

Name the second part of a timeline.

First is the long horizontal line.

Second is a short vertical line.

300

What is a timeline?

A timeline is a visual representation of activities that happened through time, on a line.

300

How many events are on your timeline?

As many as you want to put

300

Name the 3rd thing piece of information you put on a timeline.

The third thing you write on a timeline are the dates of events.

400

Name two things that make better timelines.

Pictures and descriptions

400

What is your timeline about?

It's about events in my life.

400

What is the last thing on a timeline?

The most recent event in your life.

500

What does the short line on a timeline represent?

It represents time passing.

500

How did you get the information for your timeline?

The events are in my memory.

500

Name five important events someone would put on a timeline?

migration date

first job

marriage

divorce

birth of child