US History timeline & concept chart page structure format guide

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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]

{{US History timeline & concept chart introduction template}}

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 (already shows on mobile)

  • 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

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