The last days of the first term, my ESO 1 students have practiseed the creation of timelines by using TimeToast. The task they were encouraged to do was to create a timeline for each of the different British dynasties of monarchs (Tudor, Stuart, Windsor...).

The objectives were as follows:

- Knowing the history of British Monarchs

- Learning to use timelines.

- Making an interdisciplinary activity.

At first, we watched a tutorial of TimeToast and, then, the students started to look for information on the internet. Once it was gathered, they proceeded with the elaboration of the timeline. 

As for the diffiiculties, they found it confusing the difference between "event" and "time spam", plus the order "month-day-year". Luckily, they were solved soon and they were enthusiastic about the idea.

Regarding the things to be improved, it would be advisable to practise the format of the dates en English.

Advantages of using TimeToast:

- It is a different, funny and interactive way of learning British history.

- It is motivating.

- It is student-centred.


Here is a link of the timeline of the Stuart dynasty:

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/2700818

Comments

  1. Paschalina GatsouDecember 19, 2021 at 7:19 AM

    Great activity and very well- organised. I liked the fact that you implicated the subject of history as well. I will try to do something similar with my students since I am sure the lack this kind of information. In this way, I would use the Tudor Monarchy probably adding the most relevant information apart from the dates.

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