I have organized this slideshow by placing a sidebar slide before each entry. On this slide you will find a photo example of each timeline piece and any sidebar notes you may find helpful. No need to print these slide!

Some images on my photo example may not match what is in this file. I had to use images in this product that were allowed to be used for commercial purposes.

I created this timeline for my class as a visual anchor for their learning. I could have put more words and explanations on each poster but that didn’t fit my purpose of this timeline. I wanted this timeline to be a visual reference or reminder not a stand alone teaching tool.

I used 3-D materials on the timeline to make is come alive! I have used inexpensive things I have in my craft bin or found at Hobby Lobby, Dollar Tree and other craft stores.

Sidebar

1876Alexander

Graham Bell

telephoneinvents

I used a real light

bulb covered

with yellow fabric.

1879Thomas Edison

lightbulbinvents

1885

1867

or

Cowboys herd cattle

along the

Chisholm Trail

I glued the photos on to a piece of burlap

then Modge Podged

the picture on to the burlap.

Ellis Island

Immigrants arrive on

1892

I Modge Podged peanuts

and glues them on.

George Washington

Carverbegins works as a

scientist.He created 300

products with

peanuts!

1896dye fertilizer

medicine

I used ¼ of a poster board

for the preside

nts.

1897President

William McKinley

1898

explodes

USS Maine

February

15

You could make this one poster or two.

Spanish-American

War

Theodore Rooseveltand the

Rough Riders

April

August

Turn of the

Century

1900

I used ¼ of a poster

board for the

presidents.

1901PresidentTheodore Roosevelt

You can

hang a plane from the

ceiling.

1903

first flight

Wright Brothers

I used ¼ of a poster

board for the

presidents.

1909PresidentWilliam

Taft

“Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.”

-William Taft

I found this

Titanic replica

at a garage

sale.

1912Sinking Titanic

of the

SidebarI made this President’s poster half of a half in size (5.5 inches). I did this to save space. You could make all President posters this size to save wall space. I added the 28 to represent him being the 28th

president.

1913PresidentWoodrow

Wilson

1914

innovation

Panama Canal

Dates Between Entries

18771878188018811882

18831884

1886

1887

1888

18891890189118931894189518991902

1904

1905

190619071908

1909191019111913