Digital+American+Revolution+Timeline

Lesson Title: Creating a Historical Timeline

Subject: Technology/Communications Grade: 7 Objective: Students will create historical timelines showing and dating major historical American Revolution events 1.9.7.A 1.9.8.A || Use media and technology resources for self-directed learning, support personal productivity, group collaboration, and learning throughout the curriculum. || Webb's DOK rating: 2, 3 Using the online digital timeline creator at [|www.tiki-toki.com] students will create timelines highlighting major American Revolution events. Each student will first need to identify significant historical events (date of occurrence, brief description, and an Internet web link which provides more in depth data) to be included on the timeline. Each student will then generate and publish his/her own American Revolution timeline for sharing with others online.
 * PA State Standards: ||  ||
 * **Reading, Writing, Speaking and**
 * Listening** || Information, Communication and Technology Literacy || 1.9.6.A
 * ** National ISTE Standards: ** ||  ||   ||
 * **Communication and Collaboration ** |||||| Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. ||

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1. Each student will need to create an individual free account by registering at: [|www.tiki-toki.com] Note: The 'free' account limits the individual to ONE timeline creation.

2. Students will need to research their topics thoroughly before creating the online timeline. Use the attached Excel "Timeline Research Page Gr7 to help students organize their research data.



3. Students may add or alter events on the list as per teacher instructions. For each event, students will need to date the event, write a summary of the event, find a URL link that will provide more in depth material about the event, find a media component URL for either a graphic or video to be used for each event.

4. Once students have compiled all research information, they may start to use the digital online timeline maker in tiki-toki. Students will need to develop timeline introductions and choose graphics for their timeline backgrounds. As students create their timelines, they may choose color selections, etc.

5. Once the timeline introductions are created, students will then input the individual events (stories) into their timelines.

6. Each individual timeline has its own URL address. The timelines may be shared by sharing their URLs.