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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

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-* '''Purpose: integrated timeline with events, concepts and themes'''
+'''US History timeline & concept chart: periods, events & themes - main page'''
-[[category:US History]]
+'''Purpose: integrated timeline with events, concepts and themes'''
-[[category:AP United States History]]
-[[category:US History timelines & concept charts]]
-* See: [[AP United States History]]
+== Introductory text ==
-== Timelines and concept charts ==
+=== see template file ===
-* Periods timeline & charts:
-=== [[US History timeline & concept chart: early North American colonization]] ===
-=== [[US History timeline & concept chart: American colonies 17th & mid-18th centuries]] ===
-=== [[US History timeline & concept chart: French-Indian War to the American Revolution]] ===
-=== [[US History timeline & concept chart: U.S. History Decade-by-decade timeline, 1890s-1900]] ===
+<nowiki>{{US History timeline & concept chart introduction template}}</nowiki>
+{{US History timeline & concept chart introduction template}}
 == Section & table structure ==
@@ Line 26: / Line 22: @@
 |
 * timeline here<br><br>
-* 17xx xxxx<br><br>
+* 18xx xxxx<br><br>
-* 17xx xxxx<br><br><br>
+* >> <br><br>
-* 17xx xxxx<br><br>
+* >> <br><br>
 * note spacing between lines using <nowiki><br><br></nowiki> code
 ||
-=== subsection 1 ===
+'''BIG IDEAS'''
-* Major Events here
+<big>'''subsection'''</big>
-=== subsection 2 ===
+* >>
-* Major Events here
+<br><br>
+<big>'''subsection'''</big>
+* >>
+<br><br>
+<big>'''subsection'''</big>
+* >>
+<br><br>
+<big>'''subsection'''</big>
+* >>
 ||
-'''BIG IDEAS'''
+=== subheading
-* big ideas here
+* >>details
-'''DETAILS'''
-'''topics in bold'''
+=== subheading
-* details
+* >>details
-|- - style="vertical-align:top;"
+=== subheading
+* >>details
+=== subheading
+* >>details
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 |}