Hello Parents
I hope this finds everyone ok and
well. Today was an excited day because we concluded our unit over timelines and
how are important they are to history.
Timeline as we know are a graphic representation of the passage of time on
a line. Timelines allow students to see visually
that different events occur in relation to other events. Such lines may also be
used to compare one civilization’s events with another civilization. Another
example is it will also show how things have changed over time.
I
did a review on what they were because they have learned them before and show
them how useful they are in American History I. After I
concluded the Lesson, I assigned them their homework project on making their
own timelines. I gave them the
guidelines on what I expected, but I told them they could do a timeline on what
ever they wanted as longest I approve of it. I told them they could do it from PowerPoint,
Glogster, on paper, or anyway they desired. I gave them the due date and we
were going to present them to the class. I showed them the one I made as a
student in college and told them teach me their passion.
Well what I got was amazing and
majority of them was stuff I didn’t know and they were all great. One of the
students showed the timeline on the history of Televisions from the original to
our HD Flat screens. Another student showed the history of Alternative Rock
music and how it has changed over the years. Another highlight a student who is
on the football team showed the History of the Baseball team and which Coach
Hall loved so much he is going to display in the teams locker and going to add
on as the seasons go on. What I loved
about the timelines it was able not only show my creative students shine, but
it also was able to make the students, like me who aren’t creative, shine.
We had several timeline by glogster and
those made it interactive beyond a regular timeline. An example a students did
a history of sitcoms on TV. They had YouTube Video of opening theme songs and
historical scenes. Another student did the history of music videos and majority
of their videos on their timeline. I
consider this project a success and I cant wait for our next one.
In regards Mr. Vega
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