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Create Your Own Timeline
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| K = Kindergarten(Picture Books) E = Elementary: Grades 1-3 (Detailed Picture Books & Easy Reading) E-UE = (Books for Younger, Fluent Readers) |
UE = Upper Elementary: Grades 4-6 JH = Junior High: Grades 6-8 HS = High School: Grades 9-12 + = "and up" |
Blank Timeline Books
History Through the Ages: Record of Time by Amy Pak. Homeschool in the Woods, 2004.What Are Blank Timeline Books?
Blank Timeline Books are a little like an historical scrapbook for your student. Each page has a date(s) printed on it, which runs chronologically through the book. Your student would paste in figures for historical people, places, or events on the appropriate page to correspond with what you are studying. The Timeline books are a great way to review everything you have studied, and they give the student a better hands-on view of when things happened and how they all relate to each other.
Here are a few Blank Timeline Books that you can buy. We also offer instructions on How to Make Your Own Blank Timeline Book --
Hard cover, blank timeline book with inside spiral binding. Includes 17 blank maps.
History Scribe offers a spiral-bound blank timeline book for a reasonable price. Pages are pre-printed with center datelines and surrounding boxes for you to fill in as you wish.
Hold That Thought
These elongated notebooks hold 10 entries across. Figures can be placed higher on the page leaving room underneath for a small quote (find some great ones at their website!). Notebooks can be opened side by side to compare different events and time periods. Order through this link and receive FREE shipping!
How to Make Your Own Blank Timeline Book by Carol Henderson. A Book In Time, 2008.
If you need several blank timeline books, these templates & instructions will allow you make them for much less than the cost of ready-made editions. Includes attractive artwork for the front cover and major time separations, as well as lists of headings and dates to print from your home printer. Since printing on cardstock pages can be hard (or impossible for) most printers, date separations can be printed on labels for convenience, or even on paper for easy gluing. Assemble an impressive book, ready to fill with all your timeline figures. You only need these instructions, cardstock, and a 1" binder. See the Table of Contents for more information, or read the Make Your Own Blank Timeline Book product description.
The Tanglewood Book of Centuries is a PDF download that you can print at home and put in a notebook. (Please Note--If you have a printer that can handle cardstock, this option is great. If not, regular-weight paper is not the best for the gluing and general wear-and-tear of Timeline Books!)
Wonders of Old: A Blank Timeline Book of World History by Terri Johnson. Knowledge Quest, 2004.
Beautiful, hard-cover (blank) timeline book for all your timeline figures.
Pre-Printed Timeline Figures & Kits
What Are Timeline Figures?
Timeline Figures are small pictures of historical people and/or events to be cut out and pasted in a blank Timeline Book (or on a Wall Timeline). A short explanation & related date are written underneath the picture.
If you would like to purchase ready-made figures for your timeline, there are several companies that offer sets covering different time periods. The figures are already drawn and ready for your student to color, decorate, cut out, and place in his/her own Timeline Book. Usually they are photocopiable for a family, but some of them require further permissions for an entire class.
Remember, you can always make Timeline Figures yourself! See the section on Free Timeline Pictures & Clipart.
Here are a few of the better ready-made Timeline Figures and Kits --
Easy Timeline Creator is a program you can purchase to create your own timelines on your computer.
The Classical Education Timeline. Entire kit with stickers available from Classical Home Education.
Heritage Studies from Bob Jones University Press has their Timeline Snapshots for 17th - 20th centures and includes all U.S. presidents in full color.
History Through the Ages: Historical Timeline Figures by Amy Pak. Homeschool in the Woods, 2003.Great drawings with captions to paste into your own timeline book or chart. Offers complete collection on CD-Rom, as well as 4 separate packets: Creation to Christ (250+ figures), Resurrection to Revolution (280+ figures), Napoleon to Now: 1750 A.D. to the Present (280+ figures), and America's History: Explorers to 21st Century (420+ figures).
Hold That Thought
Two different sets of timeline cut-outs are available on CD for you to print out: the World/U.S. Sheets have over 900 cut-outs, and the Bible/Church Sheets have over 700. The cut-outs come in chronological order and are numbered. Timeline book pictured here is sold separately. Order through this link and receive FREE shipping!
J & K Schooling sells huge figure sets at reasonable prices. Be sure to check out their Sample page to preview their drawings.
Lift-the-Flap Timelines: American History by Scholastic.
Ten ready-to-go, instant timeline activities featuring dozens of key dates in American history. Topics include Westward Expansion, Immigration, Civil Rights, Presidents, and more.
Microsoft offers free timeline instructions! If you love working on the computer, click here to learn how to make your own timelines with Microsoft Word.
Sonlight offers their own sticker sets drawn by the same artist as History Through the Ages (above).
A Timeline for All Time is a spiral-bound book designed for the Christian student. Comes with illustrations.
Free Timeline Figures
What Are Timeline Figures?
Timeline Figures are small pictures of historical people and/or events to be cut out and pasted in a blank Timeline Book (or on a Wall Timeline). A short explanation & related date are written underneath the picture.
You can make your own Timeline Figures! If you would like to be creative and have exactly what you want in your Timelines, this option is for you. It is also a cost-free way to go! Simply find your desired pictures on the internet, resize them on a word-processing document, type a caption, and print!
Listed below are some resources that have a wealth of historical pictures. If you can't find what you need, try an Internet Image Search for whatever subject you are studying. Usually copyrights are fairly lenient if the image will be used personally.
The following are in the public domain and are free from copyright restrictions if used for educational purposes:
A huge clipart database is offered by the Florida Department of Education. Look under the History, Government, & Famous People sections! Read their copyright policy here.
Historical Portraits -- This is one of the best FREE timeline resources on the Web!
Classroom Clipart has over 8,000 images in their History section! Don't miss this!
Civil War and the American West
Over 1,00 Civil War Photographs have been catalogued by The Library of Congress. Check here for copyright details.
Please doublecheck the individual copyrights of the following:
Timeline Reference Books
The Timetables of American HistoryWhat Are Timeline Reference Books?
Timeline Reference Books list all historical events in chronological order from the beginning of history until the present. This tool can help you to decide what figures to put in your (blank) student timeline book and where to put them.
Remember, we also show you some sources for free Timeline Reference Tools on the Internet.
Here are a few of the better Timeline Reference Books:
by Laurence Urdang & Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. 2001.
A valuable resource for creating your American history timeline. Place all your figures in the right spot with the help of this book.
The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events (The New Third Revised Edition)
by Bernard Grun.
If you want to make your own timeline, this big book will help you place all your entries! It lists all significant historical events in order, giving you just about every date you will ever need!
Usborne Book of World History Dates (Illustrated World History Series) by Jane Chisholm. Usborne, 1998. UE-JH
This lavishly illustrated reference book covers from 9000 B.C. to A.D. 1997. Date charts are backed up by fascinating features on important themes. Double-page chronologies follow what was happening in different parts of the world at the same time. Keep this as a reference as you place your timeline figures.
Reproducible Maps, Charts, Time Lines and Illustrations: What the Bible Is All About Resources. Gospel Light Publications.
Covers Bible times--its title describes it well! Can be used as a guide to make your own timeline, although it does not contain reproducible timeline figures.
Free Timeline Reference Tools
The Timeline Index helps you find Who, What, When, Where, or Which for any year in history!What Are Timeline Reference Tools?
Timeline Reference Tools list all historical events in chronological order from the beginning of history until the present. This tool can help you to decide what figures to put in your (blank) student timeline book and where to put them.
The Encyclopedia Britannica has an interactive timeline with information in lots of different categories.
Blank Timeline Books
How to Make Your Own Blank Timeline Book
You can make your own blank
Timeline Book with these
complete instructions, including attractive artwork for the front cover, major time periods, headings, and date separations. Since printing on cardstock pages can be hard (or impossible) for most printers, dates are conveniently formatted for labels. See the Table of Contents for more information, or read the Make Your Own Blank Timeline Book product description.
Timeline Figures
History Through the Ages
CD-Rom Set:
Creation to Present
Timeline
Reference Books
Ready-to-Go
Timeline Activities
Lift-the-Flap Timelines:
American History
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