We Made a Timeline!

Today in class, we discussed how understanding the timeline of the Civil War can help us to understand the outcome and impact on our country. We also learned how to use a new online resource, a social bookmarking site called http://delicious.com/. Ask your student to show you how it works, it's a great way to look-up information on almost any topic!

Instead of having every student complete their own timeline, we worked together in pairs to complete a class timeline. Each pair researched a time period and provided the class with information, images, and sources on our class document. We use Google Docs in class frequently so that everyone can work together on one document. Once we were all finished, the students went through the timeline briefly explaining their events in history and how they impacted our country. I think this activity was an important one in our unit on the Civil War. Learning about events in history has a greater meaning if they are in proper context.