Time Lines 

KSO – Students will be able to read and construct timelines and sequence series of events. 

Materials:  one or more samples of a timeline; My Life timeline worksheet; pencil; a strip on which to draw personal time line; crayons or coloured pencils. 

Time frame:  This lesson will take several Social Studies periods and require information gathering for homework. 

Activities: Lesson 1

1.       Post the prepared timeline(s) where they are easily seen by the class.  Have class members report about what they observe on the timeline(s).  Draw some conclusions about what a time line is and what it represents.

2.     Have students create a brainstorm list in their scribblers that has important events from their lives.  They should record their age at the time of the event.

3.     They each will put their brainstormed list in order according to they age at the time of each event.

4.     Give students the prepared worksheet:  My Life Timeline Worksheet and have them fill in the form using events from their own brainstorm.

5.     Students will then take the worksheet home to get help from parents in adding to the list (especially the early years) and checking that the ages listed are correct. 

Lesson 2, 3 or more.

1.       Each student will be given a strip of paper an appropriate size for making a timeline.  Have them draw a line and divide it into the correct number of sections so each one represents one year of their life.  Label the ages. Using the worksheet add the important events to the timeline putting each event in chronological order.

2.     Draw pictures to go with the events.

3.     When satisfied with the layout and neatness, colour the pictures.