After students have read and researched the life of their historical figure, have students create a dual timeline depicting the events of the figure’s life and more global events occurring at the same time - showing where the two overlap.

Timeline Tools

• Hstry: https://www.hstry.co/ (Paul Revere's Ride)
• TimeToast: http://www.timetoast.com/ (Abraham Lincoln)
• Tiki-Toki: http://www.tiki-toki.com/
• ReadWriteThink: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/

Non-Traditional

• Prezi: http://prezi.com (5th Grade Ben Franklin) (Forrest Gump Historical Events) (Dual Timeline Example)
• Popplet: http://popplet.com/
• Snapguide: https://snapguide.com (Amelia Earhart, Lewis and Clark)
• Blendspace:https://www.blendspace.com (Amelia Earhart)
• Google Maps: Amelia Earhart, Lewis and Clark

• Popplet: http://popplet.com/ (example: Citizenship)
• Padlet: http://padlet.com/

Hexagonal Thinking

More info and hexagon template

• Easel.ly: http://www.easel.ly/
• Piktochart: http://piktochart.com/
• Canva: https://www.canva.com/

Creative Routines (Ben Franklin): http://www.infowetrust.com/creative-routines/

Albert Einstein: http://www.easel.ly/viewEasel/2035763

Sample Infographics for Kids: http://www.kidsdiscover.com/infographics/

Abraham Lincoln: http://visual.ly/abraham-lincoln-life-legend

Leaders from Humble Beginnings: Benjamin Franklin, Rosa Parks

Henry Ford: https://workflow.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/henryford.png

• Create your own Google Map: https://mapsengine.google.com/map/ (Midnight Ride, Regions of Texas)

• Create a tour in Google Earth: https://tourbuilder.withgoogle.com/
• Scribble Maps: http://www.scribblemaps.com/
• Tripline: http://tripline.net/
• Historical Maps: http://www.davidrumsey.com/
  
• History Pin: https://www.historypin.org
• PostCards: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photocard-by-bill-atkinson/id333208430?mt=8
• GeoGuessr: https://geoguessr.com/

Create a custom map...

• National Geographic Education Map Maker Tool: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/outline-map/?map=The_World&ar_a=1

Use it as the background in one of the following apps:

Book Creator - iOS app - easy to use - publish to read in iBooks, even publish to iBook Store!

• Patriotic Symbols - K-2
  
• A Great Adventure: The Age of Exploration - 8th Grade
• Global iBook - created by students around the world

Flip Snack - Web Tool - combine and publish PDFs into an ebook.

• Landforms
• European Countries
• Biography - 3rd Grade

iBooks Author - Mac OS - easy to use - publish as iBook

• Russian Revolution Comic Book - secondary
• Government - Grades 5-12
• Abraham Lincoln - Made for 2nd Grade Students

• • Pocket Book
    
  • Venn Diagram
  • Pyramid
  • Matchbook
  • Four-Door Book
  • Three-tab Book

Tools to introduce, explain, explore, personalize.

• Breaking News: http://www.classtools.net/breakingnews/#
• ThingLink: https://www.thinglink.com/ (5th Grade Example, Abraham Lincoln)
• Blend Space: https://www.blendspace.com Amelia Earhart
• Bio-Cube: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/bio_cube/
• Google Docs Story: http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/
• Tombstone: http://www.jjchandler.com/tombstone/
  
• Wordle.net: http://www.wordle.net
  
• Trading Cards: http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php
• Online Journal: https://ohlife.com, http://penzu.com/
• Newspaper Generator: http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
• Magazine Cover: http://bighugelabs.com/magazine.php
• Museum Box: http://museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php

Voki: http://www.voki.com - Examples
Blabberize: http://blabberize.com/

iPads
Chatterpix (iOS app)
Tellagami (iOS app)

Pair with:

Aurasma (iOS app)

• FakeBook: http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page
  
• Historical Tweets: http://historicaltweets.com/
• Today's Meet: http://todaysmeet.com/
• Edmodo: https://www.edmodo.com/

Find out what went on BEHIND the scenes....

Newspaper Map: http://newspapermap.com/
Newseum: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp
National Archives: http://www.digitalvaults.org/#/create/
360 Explore: http://www.360cities.net/map#lat=45&lng=19&zoom=2
Arounder: http://www.arounder.com/

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