History timeline question

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  • September 1, 2012 at 1:09 am
    binky
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    I am planning on doing a family BOC with my youngers but I would also like to make a large visual timeline. Has any one done this and what do you recommend using (cardboard, thumbtack board, plywood, etc) I think my children will be much more interested in a big visual board more than just writing it down in a book

    Thanks,

    Binky

    September 2, 2012 at 1:25 pm
    Rachel White
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    I wish I could give you some pointers on what’s bst. We have a BOC for specific entries, but I’ve decided I want to hang up something for the big eras, YKWIM? That way they can just look at the big “board” and see Ancient Sumer; Ancient BAbylon…; Rome; Classical Period; Baroque Period; Dark Ages; Impressionism, etc.

    I want to break it up only into the over-arching time periods and large date-separated into horizontal columns for music, art, science, church history, Jewish Hisotry-while still maintaining the BOC for the small entries.

    I think for my purposes, basic cardboard would be fine.

    Sorry, I guess I’m not too muhc help as I’m still in the cerebral “creative” stage of this.

    September 2, 2012 at 3:44 pm
    Suzq
    Participant

    Have you tried a search for wall timelines?  I have seen lots of wall timelines.  One idea I liked was to hang string and then clip cards on the string with clothes pins.  You could buy the cards or make your own with index cards.  This way whatever you write on the card — you can easily take it down to read and put it back up again.  Plus you could move them around if you needed to fit something in somewhere. History through the ages has pictures of a wall timeline but it didn’t seem as easily removable. They sell timeline pieces too.

    September 2, 2012 at 4:45 pm
    Rachel White
    Participant

    I bought the HOmeschool in the Woods CD-ROm so buying index cards and gluing printouts from HitW would work; I like being able to move things around as you study since I’m doing more than one history stream at a time.

    Hmmmm…must ponder more….

    September 3, 2012 at 12:58 am
    Suzq
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    http://buildyourlibrary.com/timelines-and-book-of-centuries/

    This site has both a wall timeline and a book of centuries pictures.  Maybe this will get your juices flowing with ideas for your own families.

     

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