How To Build a Timeline For Your Class

One of the most useful teaching tools for history teachers are time-lines.

The best free timeline builder that I’ve come across was XTimeline. If you have a blog or website for your class, you can easily embed a timeline into your class site.

For student presentations you can also encourage students to create time-lines. For example, if a student is doing a presentation about Terry Fox, one can create a time-line outlining his journey across Canada. It is an effective tool for learning and retention.

You can also encourage students to work on a group project using this teaching tool. XTimeline allows users to collaborate in a similar manner to a wiki. The multi-media that can be added includes video, text and images.

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