Using Timelines as History Students

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Using Timelines as History Students

• Alternative Perspectives in U.S. History
• Community High School

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Lets Take a Look at a Timeline
September 11th, 2001
War in Iraq March 20, 2003
War in Afghanistan October 7, 2001
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What are some of the major features of a
timeline?
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Why dont timelines look like this?
2003- Jennifer Granholm becomes Michigans first
female governor

1274- Thomas Aquinas is born in Italy
1969- New York Jets win Super Bowl III
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What can a timeline do?

• A timeline is a tool of selection and emphasis.
• Organize events in a chronological order.
• Make connections between related events, and
  filter out unrelated events.
  
• Show cause and effect relationships.
• Identify important sections of history, like the
  years 1939-1945.

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How do we use a timeline?

• We look for what it selects and what it
  emphasizes.
  
• We create them to show the relationships between
  events we think our important.
  

September 11th, 2001
War in Iraq March 20, 2003
War in Afghanistan October 7, 2001
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Lets practice making our own timelines.

• Using what you already know about the events,
  make a timeline of the Great Depression.
  
• Your timeline should show the events that caused
  the economy to collapse and the effects this
  collapse had on Americans.
  
• The events should be as close to the correct
  chronological order as you can make them.

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Start with something like this
U.S. Economy Collapses
Effects
Causes
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Keep in mind

• Professional historians, to this day, cannot
  agree on the exact causes of the Depression.
  
• No theory is wrong so long as it is based on the
  facts you know.
  
• Whats most important is that your timeline
  clearly reflects your thoughts about the great
  depression

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If you need any help ask Joel or Marion

• Youll have about 10 minutes to make your
  timeline.
  
• If you want to compare your work with another
  students once youve finished you may.

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What events did you include?What order did you
put them in?
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As we watch the video today, keep track of what
events the video mentions. Compare that to what
you included on your timelines.
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Why doesnt this timeline work? What does it not
do that a timeline should do?
REDUNDANT
2003- Jennifer Granholm becomes Michigans first
female governor

1274- Thomas Aquinas is born in Italy
1969- New York Jets win Super Bowl III