Roll of Thunder
Student Activity
#8
Creating Representative Timelines
Timelines are graphic organizers that help show a chronology of
important events during a historical time period. For this activity,
you will work with a partner to make 3 different Timelines to:
1. depict important events which occurred during the
Great Depression
2. depict important events from your own lifetime
3. depict important events in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
that correspond to events during the Great Depression
Here is a sample Timeline showing a portion of the history of the
development of the computer:
To create your Timelines, you have several options:
* Use a computer application such as Tom Snyder's
"Timeliner 4.0"
* Use your own artistic ability to draw and illustrate your
Timelines by hand
* Use clip art, downloaded images, or other illustrations to
design your Timeline
Historical Timeline Activity
Instructions:
1. Choose one of the Web
sites listed below to gain information about the Great Depression and
the 1930's
2. Select at least 6 important
events from the decade that you've learned from the site to use in
your Timeline
3. Create a Timeline depicting these 6 events in chronological order with a brief
caption explaining their importance
4. Present your Timeline to the class
Personal Timeline Activity
Instructions:
1. With your partner, list at least 6 important events from your own lifetimes
that you consider important for future generations to know about
2. Create a Timeline depicting these 6 events in chronological order with a brief
caption explaining their importance
3. Present your Timeline to the class
Literary Timeline Activity
Instructions:
1. Review the plot chronology of Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry and make a list of at least 6 important events in the novel
2. Create a Timeline depicting these 6 events in chronological order with a brief
caption explaining their importance to the novel
3. Present your Timeline to the class
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