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A Hypertext Timeline of my Life

  • Your timeline should be built in a web format using Microsoft FrontPage. Remember your work will be assessed by four members of your class.
  • Your timeline should include 3 columns: one for each year of your life, one for an event in each year of personal importance and one for an event of wider international importance. See Maddie's below:


  • For each year of your life you should very briefly describe an event that happened to you and an event of international importance that also happened in that year. Usually your parents will be able to help you out on this. To research for events of international importance you might use:
      The Chronicle of the 20th Century in book, CDRom or Online version.
     History - Timelines from the BBC History website will be useful for British students.
    website has a great 'On this Day' feature.
    History Beat: has timelines by the thousand

    The History Channel website has a great 'On this Day' feature.

  • Choose three events from your life and create a new page in your website for each. If possible you should have images (photos, objects etc.) to illustrate each of these pages. For each of the events you might like to consider answering the following questions:
  1. When did the event happen?

  2. How old were you?

  3. What exactly happened?

  4. Can you describe the details of the scene – what it looked like, any smells/sounds/colours you remember?

  5. Can you remember any dialogue (conversation) from the time this happened?

  6. Why do you think that this memory sticks in your mind so much? 

    (Thanks to Miss Boughey of Weatherhead School for the use of her questions http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links/history/whatis.pdf

  • At least three events of international importance need to be linked to new pages that explain further the event you have chosen. As well as describing the event carefully and choosing a picture to illustrate it, you should also explain why you think the event was so important. 
  • In total your website should have at least 7 pages. As a final touch add a photograph of yourself as a thumbnail image on your homepage.
  • See the gallery from previous years.