YourPersonalTimeline
Historicaleventsareoftendisplayedontimelinesinordertoshowhoweventsare
connected,related,orleadtooneanother.Atimelinecanalsoprovidecontexttothe
understandthescopeandsequenceofeventsthroughagiventimeperiod.
Youwillbemakingatimelinetorepresenttheeventsthatsurroundyourlife.Atthe
center,at0,willbeyourbirthday.Andyouwillneedtoploteventsbothbeforeandafteryour
birthtoprovidesomecontextthatsurroundsyou.Theseeventsmaybepersonalmilestones,
aswellashistoricalones,inordertoshowwhatwashappeningintheworldwhileyourlifewas
developing.
Yourtimelinewillbeacollectionof11datesand22events.Eachdateshouldbeplotted
onyourtimelineandhavewithitinformationaboutaneventthatisspecifictoyourlifeaswellas
informationaboutaneventthatoccurredintheworldonthatday.
Eacheventmustberepresentedwiththefollowingpiecesofinformation:
1. Anumericallabelinyearsandtypeofnumber.
a. Oneeventlabeledasanpositiveintegervalue
b. Oneeventlabeledasanegativeinteger
c. Oneeventlabeledasapositivefractionalvalue
d. Oneeventlabeledasanegativefractionalvalue
e. Oneeventlabeledasapositiveterminatingdecimalvalue
f. Oneeventlabeledasanegativeterminatingdecimalvalue
g. Oneeventlabeledasapositiverepeatingdecimalvalue
h. Oneeventlabeledasanegativerepeatingdecimalvalue
i. Oneeventlabeledasanapproximationofapositiveirrationalnumber
j. Oneeventlabeledasanapproximationofanegativeirrationalnumber
2. Animage
3. Alinktoanyresourcesused
4. Abriefsummaryoftheeventandwhyitwasimportant
5. Yourcalculations
Youmayorganizeyourinformationandprepareusinganydigitalplatformyouwouldlike
oratraditionalpaperoption.Justbemindfulthatitisimportantthatyouprovideallthe
informationanditemslistedabove.
Suggestedplatformsinclude:GoogleDrawing,GoogleSlides,
Prezi
,
TikiToki
,orcreate
anarrativevideo.
AdditionalResources:
http://www.history.com/thisdayinhistory
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/
http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html
Rubric
Name:________________________________________
Image
Animagerepresentedthepersonalandhistoricaleventispresentandappropriate.
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Description
Thedescriptionoftheeventsareaccuratetothesourcesandinthestudentsownwords
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Resources
Resourcesforhistoricaleventsareappropriatelyprovidedandcited.
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Calculations
Calculationsarepresentandaccurate
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Label
Eachdateislabeledwiththestandarddate,thecalculateddate,andthetypeofnumber.
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