Timelines

Our Night of the Notable timelines are due this coming Thursday in their final draft form. Last Wednesday we went over them in class and today in class I checked them for accuracy.

Just in case they have forgotten the "non negotiable" aspects, they are listed below. These are the required elements of the timeline.

1. It must be horizontal.
2. It must be 27 - 30 inches by 5 inches.
3. It must include a center line, running horizontally down the paper from end to end.
4. It must have a tick mark every inch along the paper.
5. Every tick mark must be labeled with evenly spaced years. You can not skip periods of time or spread out periods of time. For example, if my person was born in 1900 and died in 1990, I would know I needed to illustrate a span of 90 years. So I would divide 90 by the number of tick marks (30). This would tell me that I need to count by 3's. The first tick mark would be 1900 and the next would be 1903 and so on until I reached 1990.
6. It must include the 10 most important life events of the notable person.
7. It must include 5 world events to help put the notable person's life in perspective.
8. It must have a title.

 NOT what we want!











We also talked about the optional features.
1. Students may type their events to increase legibility.
2. They may back their events with a contrasting paper to increase visibility.
3. They may make their background into a shape that adds meaning to the person's life. For example, Elvis could have a guitar shaped timeline.
4. They may add up to 4 images, either hand drawn or printed out to add to the timeline as long as they add to the understanding of the events.

Have fun!