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Read Works

Read Works: Old Time Operations

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text and timeline about ancient dentistry and surgeries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Rhode Island College: "Frankenstein" Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronology of the events that occured around the time Mary Shelley was writing "Frankenstein."
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Harvard University

The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: A Brief Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline of Geoffrey Chaucer's life and times from 1300 to 1400 provides a historical and social context for The Canterbury Tales. Features links to related topics.
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University of Pittsburgh

Center for American Music: Stephen Foster Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a timeline of the life of songwriter, Stephen Foster. Very good as a quick reference to the major events of his life, as well as major events that were going on during his time. Also provides events that are not during Foster's...
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PBS

Pbs: Chronology of Early Christianity

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed timeline on the early history of the religion from the time of Julius Caesar (44 B.C.E.) to 327 C.E. and the death of Constantine.
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A&E Television

History.com: 9/11 Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a chronology of the events of 9/11 as they unfolded. All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). It also provides photo galleries and a timeline for the aftermath of the attack.
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: An Overview of Emily Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a chronology of Bronte's life, links to information about her and her sisters, and includes cultural contexts and discussions of the themes and techniques used in her work.
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University of California

Beringia Chronology: Prehistoric Beringia

For Students 9th - 10th
The last ice age exposed the ocean floor between Asia and North America for thousands of years. During this time, Nomadic tribes from Asia used the "land bridge" to migrate into North America.
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Other

Chronology of Palestinian History: 1948

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1948 section from the Palestine Remembered lists events, almost daily at times, when the Jewish army (Haganah) conflicted with the ALA (Arab Liberation Army) after the partition of Palestine.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Chicago's Black Metropolis: Understanding History Through a Historic Place

For Students 9th - 10th
Online lesson plan to teach the concept of historical understanding by studying how a community changes over time. In this case, we look at the South Side of Chicago and ask, What happened here? Why did this place change? How am I...
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University at Buffalo

A Modern History of Blacks in Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographies of Blacks in mathematics from the 1700s to the present time.
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PBS

Timeline of Peter and Paul

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline that is a part of a PBS documentary about Peter and Paul. The timeline shows what is happening in the Roman Empire at the same time as events in the Jewish communities.
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ACT360 Media

Sequence Paragraphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here are a few brief hints and key words to use when organizing a piece of writing by sequence or time.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Jose Marti

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed biography of Jose Marti and his work. Be sure to check out the external links on the bottom of the page for more in-depth information about the time period of the Spanish-American War. The chronology link in particular is great.
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University of Chicago

Teach the Middle East: The Neolithic Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article you will learn about the chronology of the Neolithic Revolution. Stages include the Paleolithic age, a time of nomadic hunter-gatherers roamed the globe and the Epipaleolithic age, when sedentary hunter-gatherers...
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Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Crash of 1907 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A very interesting look at the Panic of 1907, the crash of stocks, the lack of faith in banks by depositors, especially in New York and Boston, and the rescue of the banks by J.P. Morgan. Calling on news reports of the time, this pdf...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History: Japan: a.d. 500 1000

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive timeline allows visitors to view representative works of Japanese art in a segmented chronology that extends from AD 500 to 1000. Includes examples from different periods in Japanese history and from all geographical regions....
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Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Bertrand Russell

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent article summarizing Bertrand Russell's thought. Includes chronology of major events in his life, but most of the article spends time on Russell's contributions in logic, analytic philosophy, and social criticism. Also includes...
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Intro to Reading Timelines [Ppt]

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Explains the abbreviations used on a historical timeline and provides a list of events for students to put in chronological order.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Mapping the Past

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan requires the students to examine past maps from various cultures in order to learn how the people from that time period interacted and understood their world.
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Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: The Byzantine Empire, 312 1453

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains a timeline of the Byzantine Empire from its formation to its decline. Click on each heading for more in-depth information regarding that specific time period of the Empire.
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Other

Scot Clans: Scottish History

For Students 9th - 10th
Step back in time and explore Scotland's history through a series of timelines, charting events from ancient times, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, up until today. Read about the country's mysterious beginnings, its contact with...
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Council for Economic Education: The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This source includes general information and the chronology of the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution, or the time of development of the first human communities. After learning about the revolution, read a brief short-story about a...
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Other

Unc Pembroke: Edwin Arlington Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives rhyme schemes to his poetry, a chronology, time line, links to other famous people of the time and to his poems. Includes two of his poems with critiques.