Historical Perspectives: Create a Freeform Timeline

Transform your history lessons with the Historical Perspectives: Create a Freeform Timeline project! Access ready-to-use and editable templates to make history engaging and interactive.

Project Overview:

The Historical Perspectives: Create a Freeform Timeline project is designed to immerse students in history by having them create timelines from unique perspectives. Students take on the roles of various historical perspectives froma a specific historical period and plot events according to how those perspectives would have been perceived by them. This approach not only deepens understanding but also fosters empathy and critical thinking.

Using Freeform:

Creating these timelines is made simple with Freeform. By using basic shapes and text boxes students can easily design and organize their timelines. No advanced expertise is required, making this tool accessible and user-friendly for everyone in the classroom.

Freeform Tutorial

 

An example Timeline that was created in Apple FreeForm.
An example Timeline that was created in Apple FreeForm.
 
An example Timeline that was created in Apple FreeForm.
An example Timeline that was created in Apple FreeForm.
 
A close-up example of student work.
A close-up example of student work.

Ready To Use Timeline Assignments (Below):

Access downloadable and ready-to-use timeline assignments with directions.

Editable Sample for Teachers (Below):

I've created an editable template to help you get started. This template includes all the necessary components for the “Historical Perspectives: Create a Freeform Timeline” project, making it easy to adapt for any historical period or classroom need.

Ready to bring history to life in your classroom? Download the editable template and create your own historical perspective timelines. Share your projects in the comments section so other teachers can see and use your fantastic ideas!

Let’s make history engaging and interactive! Download the template, create your timeline, and share your work with the community.

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2 replies

July 29, 2024

Fantastic Freeform timelines for history! Thanks for the download templates. Timelines help anchor place and time in history and are very valuable when teaching history thematically. Freeform adds a nice media whiteboard to this process. Love this share Terrance, historical perspective is so important for students to understand.

July 30, 2024

Freeform is the perfect for timeline creation. Thank you for these guides to download. I can't wait to share with some teachers in my district!

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