BEYOND-THE-BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Name: Nelia Card

Grade Level: 2nd Grade
Content Area: Social Studies
Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tool Used: Timeliner
Standards Addressed: SS2H1 The student will read about and describe the lives of historical figures
in Georgia history.
a. Identify the contributions made by these historic figures: James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and
Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia); Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet);
Jackie Robinson (sports); Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights); Jimmy Carter (leadership and
human rights).
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
Description of how to implement in the class: The teacher will introduce the activity by modeling
how to collect data and add the information to Timeliner. The teacher will lead the students through
the steps of creating a timeline using Timeliner. After reviewing how the students can use the
software, they will be put into a group to research one of the historical figures from the 2nd grade
standards. Using Timeliner, the students will choose how to display the information/data that they
collected. When the students have finished putting together their timelines, they could display their
research on their historical character to the class using the Timeliner software. A screen shot could
also be taken of their timeline and hung up in the classroom for all the students to be able to see.
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): This activity has a LoTi level 4 because the students
are allowed to collect and graph information on their own.
Description of the sample BBPT file provided *:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Timeliner.tl

Other comments about your proposed BBPT Activity: The teacher will be encouraged to help
students collect their information/data and with the creation of the timelines.