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US History timeline & concept chart: periods, events & themes - main page

Purpose: integrated timeline with events, concepts and themes

Introductory text[edit | edit source]

see template file[edit | edit source]

Objectives:

to help students to
- associate timelines with events, persons, themes & concepts
- associate presidents with timelines, themes & concepts
- identify timelines with BIG IDEAS across periods of US history
- find connections and common themes across US history
- easily find relevant details for larger comprehension
to help teachers to
- quickly review US History content for lesson planning
- provide students with easy and complete reference source for US history

Click EXPAND for a note for mobile phone users

these timeline & concept charts use tables in order to connect ideas, timelines, and major concepts
tables are not mobile-friendly (they do not wrap to a single column)
when these charts are complete, we will in the future convert the charts to mobile-friendly format as an alternative file
we encourage you to use a tablet or larger monitor in order to see the charts here

Index

Page structure & format guide

US History timeline & concept chart page structure format guide

U.S. History course pages:

Section & table structure[edit | edit source]

Main tables format/ code:

== section heading ==

PERIOD / TIMELINE	Major Events, Concepts & Themes	Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events
timeline here 18xx xxxx >> >> note spacing between lines using <br><br> code	BIG IDEAS subsection >> subsection >> subsection >> subsection >>	=== subheading >>details === subheading >>details === subheading >>details === subheading >>details

sub-tables (for use in the 3rd column)[edit | edit source]

simple chart with single row & multiple entries in each cell[edit | edit source]

**Table Title**
Column Header 1 1st cell 1st cell 1st cell	Column Header 2 2nd cell 2nd cell 2nd cell	Column Header 3 3rd cell 3rd cell 3rd cell

multi-row chart[edit | edit source]

with shaded top row using ! instead of |

TITLE	TITLE	TITLE
* 1st row 1st cell	* 1st row 2nd cell	* 1st row 3rd cell
* 2nd row 1st cell	* 2nd row 2nd cell	* 2nd row 3rd cell

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-* Purpose: integrated timeline with events, concepts and themes
+'''US History timeline & concept chart: periods, events & themes - main page'''
-[[category:US History]]
-[[category:AP United States History]]
-[[category:US History timelines & concept charts]]
-* [[AP United States History]]
+'''Purpose: integrated timeline with events, concepts and themes'''
-== Timelines and concept charts ==
-=== [[US History timeline & concept chart: early North American colonization]] ===
+== Introductory text ==
-=== [[US History timeline & concept chart: American colonies 17th & mid-18th centuries]] ===
+=== see template file ===
+<nowiki>{{US History timeline & concept chart introduction template}}</nowiki>
+{{US History timeline & concept chart introduction template}}
+== Section & table structure ==
+* Main tables format/ code:
+<nowiki>== section heading == </nowiki>
-section & table structure:
-<nowiki>==</nowiki>section heading
 {| class="wikitable"
-|+ '''Title'''
+! '''PERIOD / TIMELINE'''
-|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+! '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes'''
-| '''PERIOD / TIMELINE'''
+! cell style="width:60%"|'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events'''
-*
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
-|| '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes'''
+|
-=== subtitle ===
+* timeline here<br><br>
-*
+* 18xx xxxx<br><br>
-| cell style="width:60%"|'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events'''
+* >> <br><br>
+* >> <br><br>
+* note spacing between lines using <nowiki><br><br></nowiki> code
+||
 '''BIG IDEAS'''
-*
+<big>'''subsection'''</big>
-'''DETAILS'''
+* >>
-*
+<br><br>
+<big>'''subsection'''</big>
+* >>
+<br><br>
+<big>'''subsection'''</big>
+* >>
+<br><br>
+<big>'''subsection'''</big>
+* >>
+||
+=== subheading
+* >>details
+=== subheading
+* >>details
+=== subheading
+* >>details
+=== subheading
+* >>details
 |- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|}
+=== sub-tables (for use in the 3rd column) ===
+=== simple chart with single row & multiple entries in each cell ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ '''Table Title '''
+| '''Column Header 1'''
+* 1st cell
+* 1st cell
+* 1st cell
+|| '''Column Header 2'''
+* 2nd cell
+* 2nd cell
+* 2nd cell
+|| '''Column Header 3'''
+* 3rd cell
+* 3rd cell
+* 3rd cell
+|-
+|}
+=== multi-row chart ===
+* with shaded top row using <nowiki>! instead of |</nowiki>
+{| class="wikitable"
+! '''TITLE'''
+! '''TITLE'''
+! '''TITLE'''
+|-
+| * 1st row 1st cell
+|| * 1st row  2nd cell
+|| * 1st row 3rd cell
+|-
+|-
+| * 2nd row 1st cell
+|| * 2nd row  2nd cell
+|| * 2nd row 3rd cell
+|-
 |}