Wednesday, December 12, 2012

US History Timeline

I have a large wall at the back of my classroom. For the past 6 years I have stared at that wall trying to figure out what to put on it. There are a few posters, but with such a big space it looked a little silly.
At the beginning of the year I decided I wanted to utilize the space as a review for my students. We have an EOC exam from the state each May. When we start reviewing for it in May, I have found that a lot of my students have completely forgotten what we discussed in August through April.  I wanted to change that.
Brainstorming
I created a HUGE US History Timeline.


For each chapter we cover, I create some type of visual (something we used in class during the instruction) they can look at to remind them of what we talked about. I gave my students a learning style inventory at the beginning of the year, and a large number of my students are visual learners. This is a way to target that learning style. My hope is that looking at the review everyday all year, the material will stay fresh in their minds.
This week we are reviewing for their Midterms.
The timeline has proven to be very helpful (I THINK)! It is a teaching tool I can reference as we are discussing the different chapters we have covered. We will see how they do on the exams next week, but I think the visual will help trigger the discussions we had in class.


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