Activities

Objectives for creating timelines:

• To present a chronological sequence of related events along a drawn line

• A fast ‘snapshot’ of time, people and events

Creating a Timeline – A vertical or horizontal timeline?

When creating a timeline first choose the type of line required.

• The timeline is usually created by drawing a line from left to right, or top to bottom.

• Creating a horizontal timeline – can be difficult as this type of timeline is limited by space ( width of page). Recommended for creating short span timelines.

• Creating a vertical timeline – Vertical timelines which are drawn from top to bottom, allow unlimited entries.

Creating your first Timeline:

Once you have created a timeline the whole process becomes familiar and easy. So now create your own life timeline with the most  important events in your life:

1. Date of birth: I was born on the …. of  … in …

2. You start walking

3. Your first tooth comes in or your first teeth falls out

4. Birth of a brother, sister, cousin: My brother was born on …

5. You celebrate your first communion

6. My aunt, uncle is married

7. You travel to different places

8. You have a new house, car, bedroom, pet …

9. You go to kindergarten

10. You go to the primary school

11. You go to the secondary school

You can use this website to create your interactive timeline: