Suggestion on how to do a Timeline:

 

1.Begin by visualizing the passage of time by thinking about events in the sequence in which you occurred. First you will think about and create a timeline in your mind that represents this school year. If you have any questions please ask your teacher about how a timeline is constructed.

 

2. For practice you will use a ruler to mark a line with at least 8 equally spaced marks. The marks can be one inch apart or two, but the distance between each mark must be equal and represent an amount of time.

 

Remember that one inch might represent a week, or two inches could represent a month. It is up to the creator of the time line to decide on the time scale. Decide the time scale of this timeline and write it below the line.

 For example: 1 inch =1 month

 

3. For practice brainstorm events that have occurred during the school year. Add each event to the timeline in chronological order; remember that the dates of each event must be equally spaced. Have your teacher approve your timeline so you know it is done correctly.

 

For example, if each inch represents a month, then events that occur in the same month must be marked on the same cross mark. If two events are separated by three months, then three cross marks should separate the events on the timeline.

 

4. Look at the rubric for your timeline activity before you start your timeline so you will be more aware of what is expected and you will know what your teacher expects from you. You can use photographs, sketches, and mementos from scrapbooks, ribbons, flashy colored paper, string, rocks, or any other decorations you want to use to add to your project. The sky is the limit.

 

You will need to start with a rough draft before beginning work on your final timeline. You will need to tape your rough drafts to the back of the final timeline as part of your evaluation.

 

5. You can look at other timelines if you need other ideas as to how to do a timeline. You can use any other sources available to you, such as the Internet, library, books, etc., to get information about constructing this timeline and doing research for this activity. Examples of timelines:

• http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/woollymammoth/migramap.html#
• http://www.etronica.com/excite/timeline.html
• http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
• http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/civil_n2/civ_timetable.html

 

6. By now you should have a good understanding of the construction of a timeline. Next you will do research using any means available to you, such as the Internet, library, books, etc., to get information about dragons within this time period and which culture believed and /or worshipped them and what this dragon represents within this culture.

 

7. Construct your timeline on butcher paper and/or any other medium of choice. Just remember your timeline needs to be neat, colorful, have photographs and/or hand drawn illustrates, and the accurate historical information (dates, culture and what it represented).

 

Now you will construct a timeline with dates, pictures and historical information for each of the different dragons. Remember you will need to include at least 5 different dragons from different cultures and why they are significant within this culture.