The 13 Original Colonies Timeline (English & Español)

History is an abstract concept for elementary-aged students. It simply isn't relevant to them as it happened so long ago. 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 events you lose its importance. Spending days on end teaching each skirmish, battle, and key player for each, made my students lose interest every time.

This resource comes in three parts and is also translated into Spanish. It now includes a brief fact sheet for the north, middle, and southern colonies. Also included are simple sort and label activities to try and round out the resource.

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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