Suggested
Grade Levels

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"

Click here for
DISCOUNT prices
on a wide selection
of homeschool resources!

Create Your Own Timeline

Reference Books, Blank Books, Figures, & Kits
Free Pictures & Clip Art
Free Timeline Reference Tools

Suggested Grade Levels
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"

Reference Books, Blank Books, Figures, & Kits

Reference Books (books with dates!)
Blank Timeline Books
Timeline Figures & Kits

Reference Books
The Timetables of American History 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.

Blank Timeline Books

History Through the Ages: Record of Time by Amy Pak. Homeschool in the Woods, 2004.
Hard cover, blank timeline book with inside spiral binding. Includes 17 blank maps.

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. Dates can be printed on labels for convenience, or on paper for even greater savings. Assemble an impressive book, ready to fill with all your timeline figures, using cardstock and a 1" binder. See the Table of Contents here.

Sonlight Pre-printed, spiral-bound, blank timeline book dated from 5000 BC to the present.

The Tanglewood Book of Centuries is a PDF download that you can print at home and put in a notebook.

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.

Timeline Figures & 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 Scribe offers a spiral-bound Timeline Book that comes with a clipart CD.

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.

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 Pictures & Clip Art

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.

American History

Please doublecheck the individual copyrights of the following:

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Greece and Rome

Asia

Ancient Structures ClipArt

American Presidents

Women's Suffrage

Free Timeline Reference Tools

The Timeline Index helps you find Who, What, When, Where, or Which for any year in history!

The Encyclopedia Britannica has an interactive timeline with information in lots of different categories.