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Displaying Data

Timelines

Lesson 2.3

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Learning Targets

I can create a timeline to display a set of data.

Vocabulary

Timeline

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What is a timeline?

Timelines are commonly found in biographies, informational texts, and personal schedules.

January 3, 1945 Barb Davis was born in Mankato, MN

May 28, 1963

Barb Davis graduated from Mankato West High School.

December 15, 1968 Barb Davis graduated from the University of Minnesota with a business degree.

February 11, 1969

Barb Davis accepts a job with IBM.

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What is a timeline?

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A timeline is a diagram of related items or events displayed sequentially on a line.

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Why use timelines?

Timelines are used to organize events in order by time, for example, by date.

Timelines are commonly found in biographies, informational texts, and personal schedules. Below is an example of a timeline showing dates from a person’s life in chronological order.

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How to display data sets using a timeline?

Decide what person, event, or procedure you will be describing in the timeline.
Determine whether your timeline is by time, date, or event.
Create a list of events with the time or date they occurred.
Order the events from earliest to latest.
Add the events to your timeline in order, with the earliest on the left.

Let’s look at some examples...

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Timeline Example - Dates

School Year

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Timeline Example - Time

My Morning Routine

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Timeline Example - Events

My Morning Routine

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Create Your Own Timeline

Using the dates of the year below: construct a timeline using this link.

January 1 - First Day of the Year
March 22 - Last Basketball Game
July 15 - Baseball Tournament
September 8 - School Starts
October 24 - Dentist Appointment
November 15 - Getting a Dog

Download / Screenshot your completed timeline and send it your teacher. (Option 1)

Draw a timeline on a sheet of paper with these events. (Option 2)

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Recap

Timeline - a diagram of related items or events displayed sequentially on a line.
Timelines can display times, dates, or events.
The first (earliest) event goes on the left.

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"Timeline Examples". Readwritethink.org. N. p., 2017. Web. 4 Jan. 2017.

This presentation from Grade 4 Math by MN Partnership for Collaborative Curriculum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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