My oh my, do we love a time line around our little neck of the woods.
History is decidedly our favorite subject. On Mondays and Tuesdays we study world history (today we studied the Peloponnesian War), on Wednesdays and Thursdays we study American History (our emphasis being Colonial America at the moment).
Our time line is beneficial in so many ways. It helps us to not only view the sequential order of history, but it also allows us to see events that were happening at the same time around the world. It has been especially interesting to see the different historical events that were occurring throughout the world in relation to the different events in the scriptures. The increased historical knowledge has helped our appreciation and understanding of the scriptures tremendously. Our timeline also serves as a constant reminder/review of all that we have learned this year. It gives the children a sense of their place in the grand scheme of things and how important it is to learn from those that have gone before.
I am in love with our timeline figures from Homeschool in the Woods. This company offers fantastic timeline figures with a brief summary to help keep Amenhotep and Cyrus the Great straight. After we finish studying a particular event or person we simply cut out the figure and sticky tack it on our time line.
Who could have known a time line could be so much fun?
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