Our Time Line

September 18th, 2010

Several of you asked about the time line we have on the wall in my laundry organization post.  Here is the full time line:

Here is the pack it came in.  With little cards to place on the time line and reproducibles included.

And here is a section of it up close:

I’ve been wanting a time line for several years now, but it just seemed so overwhelming to me.  I had plans to make one when we started Mystery of History this year and then my sweet friend surprised us with one!  She used to sell books for Harcourt and she got samples that she passed onto us.  I know, lucky us!  I tried to go to Harcourt’s site to give you a direct linky so that you could just go order your own, but for some reason that was very difficult to do and I gave up.  Jill, suggestions?  In the meantime, I’d like to say – we love our time line.  It’s colorful and extensive.

However, there are a couple of important things to know.  Since it’s made for public schools and not blank they have it starting around 14,000 B.C.  We don’t believe that, so we marked through it and wrote in when we believe God created the Earth.  In addition, the time line mentions Confucious, Buddha, and even says “Muhammad receives the messages of Islam, which make up the Qur’an” however, the only mention of Christians or Christ is about 1900 B.C. “The Hebrews, ancestors of today’s Jewish people, settle in southwestern Asia.”  With those issues, I would not buy this time line if I were looking for one.  Since I got it free and since I believe in teaching our children what the world is taught in addition and alongside Truth (for instance, my children already know who Darwin was) I love it!

If you did not want to have to buy one I think you could easily stick regular white copy paper all along your wall and fill in with what you want, when you want.  We’re doing that anyway with each of the things we’re studying in Mystery of History (I love that the book suggests we put a yellow cross on the people that are in the line of Jesus – what a neat visual way to see His lineage once we get all the characters on there!

Whatever you decide I’d love to see your time line and how you incorporate it into your school time – just leave me a link in the comments!