HSTRY (iPad friendly website) - Hstry is a digital learning tool that enables teachers, students and historians to explore and create interactive historical timelines. With a HSTRY account you can build timelines in a vertical scroll format similar to that of a Facebook feed. You can create classes and have students join the class with a code so you have all of the timelines in one, easy-to-access place! Video, pictures, “Did you know?” and Quiz Questions (students can get real-time feedback) can be added to any timeline.
Here are a couple of tutorials to get you started:
https://www.hstry.co/timelines/a-student-s-guide-to-hstry
In the Classroom: Teachers can use the pre-made timelines, construct their own timelines, or create assignments (like an exam review study guide or final assessment) that require students to build multimedia-rich timelines. Teachers should definitely take time to search through both the developer's pre-made timelines and the community timelines to see what may be relevant for their specific classroom needs. For example, “A History of Immigration of the USA” highlights the experiences of immigrants; “Franz Ferdinand’s Assassination” gives students the opportunity to follow a journalist through a turbulent period. HSTRY lends itself to solo, partner, or small-group assignments. Teachers should also encourage students to compare how different timelines portray different historical events: How does one author's portrayal of events differ from another author's account of the same event? How is that important?
To Share: Once you have published your timeline, it has it’s own unique web address. Copy that web site address from your web browser and paste it into the completion form!
Here are a couple of tutorials to get you started:
https://www.hstry.co/timelines/a-student-s-guide-to-hstry
In the Classroom: Teachers can use the pre-made timelines, construct their own timelines, or create assignments (like an exam review study guide or final assessment) that require students to build multimedia-rich timelines. Teachers should definitely take time to search through both the developer's pre-made timelines and the community timelines to see what may be relevant for their specific classroom needs. For example, “A History of Immigration of the USA” highlights the experiences of immigrants; “Franz Ferdinand’s Assassination” gives students the opportunity to follow a journalist through a turbulent period. HSTRY lends itself to solo, partner, or small-group assignments. Teachers should also encourage students to compare how different timelines portray different historical events: How does one author's portrayal of events differ from another author's account of the same event? How is that important?
To Share: Once you have published your timeline, it has it’s own unique web address. Copy that web site address from your web browser and paste it into the completion form!