Monday, July 2, 2012

timeline

We were discussing history and when things happened.  We were having trouble getting across the idea of a long long time ago, like before Grandma was born, so we made a timeline.  Luckily the kids got some poster paper for their birthday, a 75 foot roll.  So, we made a 26 plus foot timeline, starting in 3000 BC and going to 2015.  It's awesome, 1/16 of an inch is a year.  Now the problem is where to put it.  We actually don't have a wall that long in our house, so we are discussing cutting it up or cleaning out the garage and putting it out there.  I might get a clean garage out of this activity.  Oh yeah, and the kids are starting to understand what a long long time ago means.
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  1. Emily MulderJuly 2, 2012 at 9:42 PM

    That's great! And it's funny, because we just posted about timelines as well not too long ago!

    http://www.educationreimagined.org/2012/06/time-lines/

    I like the garage idea for a location ;-)

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    1. engineermomJuly 4, 2012 at 11:36 PM

      I must admit I read that and it gave me the idea of doing it to scale. Before we just put dates in order of the things we were studying at the time but when I read your post I thought scale was too important and we just jumped right in. Thanks for kick starting our adventure.

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