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"a nice little resource for history teachers to bookmark and share with their students. On Timelines.tv you can find six timelines of important eras in U.S. and European history. Each timeline includes short (3-10 minute) videos about people and events in the era. The timelines also include pictures and short text descriptions. The six timelines currently available are A History of Britain, The American West, Medicine Through Time, American Voices, The Edwardians, and Nazi Germany. More timelines appear to planned for publication in the future."

According to Richard Byrne on his Free Technology for Teachers blog, "Timelines.tv could be a nice resource to share with students as a tool to review an era after you have taught some lessons on it. "

" an impressive interactive timeline spanning today through the beginning of recorded history. The timeline is divided into fifteen categories including war, politics, discoveries, inventions, and art. To explore the timeline select one of the categories listed on the Histography website then adjust the timeline slider to see events from the range of dates that you've selected."

"Dipity is a free digital timeline website. Our mission is to organize the web's content by date and time. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps."

Collaborative way to create a digital timeline

"A Timeline tells a story - of a major historical event, of last night's big game, of your life - in an exciting visual way, using pictures taken by the world's top photographers. (And you, too!)"

This timeline creator is from Life Magazine so you have access to their photos to create your story. You can add your own images and a storyline as well.

"There are two tools that I like for building interactive timelines, HSTRY and Timeline JS."

timeline creator

Create your own timeline using the life magazine site.

Looks like a very fun way to get students to connect to a time period by creating their own stories about that point in history.

" Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests"

"This interactive timeline chronicles the events of 9/11 using images, audio and video from the 9/11 Memorial Museum's permanent collection. The timeline tells the story of the day as it unfolded in the air and on the ground. It's filled with first-person accounts from survivors, first responders and witnesses."

3 ways to create mapped timelines

timeline creator; can do BC dates.

"Ever wonder how the ancient Romans fed their armies? What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip...and why? So do we!!! Food history presents a fascinating buffet of popular lore and contradictory facts. Some experts say it's impossible to express this topic in exact timeline format. They are correct. Most foods are not invented; they evolve."

Very interesting site that shows what people ate, when

easy to follow instructions on using Hstry

Primary sources, videos, timeline creators, animation creators. Don't be put off by the "elementary" look of the site. There is lots for middle and high school levels.

An interactive timeline of world history

Very interesting way to view ancient and medieval cultures.

Interactive timeline of war and conflict across the globe

Interactive historical map; includes images and timelines

use with google maps. Collect data in a spreadsheet import the url of the data into the map visualization tool and create a visualized timeline.

"Capture photos, videos, music, tweets, posts, and much more. View and share your entire life online. Create stories of your best memories together with your friends.Explore and search your life and the lives of your friends online."

looks interesting