Our Timeline

I had this posted on my old blog and it just never got moved over. Here is our timeline! It is very simple and I really like it as far as timelines go! It is easy to use because you can add things or move things without re-doing your entire timeline! I originally got this idea from Linda Faye over at Higher Up and Further In. Here is her entry on their timeline.

All I did was use tacks to hang string up on the wall. Then, I use paperclips to hang the individual cards in their place. I just used colored index cards for each person we hang on the timeline. And I have gone the cheap route as far as finding characters to glue on the index cards – google images! That site is AWESOME! Just type in “Benjamin Franklin” and you have tons of pictures to choose from. I just copy and paste into a word document and print them off. I glue them onto an index card and write their name and dates on it.

I started out using 1 color of index cards for Biblical characters, another character for historical characters and then a third color for people we know. I glued pictures of each of us, and all their grandparents onto the pink cards to kind of show the timeline as it comes up to today’s time period.

Supplies needed:
*string
*tacks
*index cards
*pictures of historical characters (I used Google Images)
*glue – to glue on pictures
*sharpie or other marker to write on names and dates