10 Important Events: The American Revolution Timeline (English & Español)

To elementary-aged students, historical events are abstract concepts. To them, it is ancient history that happened long ago. None of it is relevant to them, nor is it easy to make it relative (for me). It is my opinion that major occurrences in history need to be broken down into their most important events. And since history can best be described as a sequence of events, I chose to represent it on a timeline. I strongly believe that when you reduce history down to memorizing a series of dates you lose the importance of the event. When I taught this as a series of short stories (events) my students retained much more information than they did when I tried to do it in the "traditional" manner in which history was taught to us.

This resource comes in two parts and is also translated into Spanish.

Also included is a PowerPoint that was converted from the original PDF. It managed to retain most of the formatting. Be aware you may have to hunt down fonts that are not on your system. This file will allow you to make adjustments just in case your events or important figures do not align with mine. It is not a template.

Languages

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I have included a separate resource in Spanish. It is greatly different than the English version due to how time is read in that language.

I am not a native speaker, relying solely on Google Translate to do the bulk of the work, I hope that the translation is accurate. No soy un hablante nativo de español. Estoy usando aplicacione para traducir mis cartas de anclaje al español. ¡Si hay cualquier error grmmatical por favor notofy yo inmediatamente!

Printing

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Document dimensions 24"x31" (scaled up from a letter-size format). It will print safely on regular copy paper. Make sure that you have your settings to fit the document to print before you actually print.

Not a lot of wall space? Want to save paper? Display this on your interactive whiteboard during the lesson.

Editing

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It is a high-resolution vector-based illustration created in graphic design software.

This file cannot be edited in any office software (ex, Word, Powerpoint).However, I discovered that you can use Inkscape, a FREE vector-based program, to open and edit the PDFs included in the download, although you will most likely need to make some adjustments to the file after you do. This will enable you to use vector-based graphics for cleaner anchor charts/posters.

Issues/Corrections

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If you spot a typo or other errors contact me immediately for a revision. I try to proofread my own work and have other sets of eyes check it as well, but some things slip through. I can make corrections nearly immediately. Don't hesitate to contact me.

Custom Work

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If you need a custom version of this file, please don't hesitate to contact me.

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