A FATHER’S PROMISEAn interactive timeline following
the life of Rudi Kaplan through the events of WWII.
What’s your WWII IQ?
What were some of the causes of WWII? Who was Hitler and what did he do? What happened to many of the Jews
during WWII?
Using an Interactive Timeline
What are the purposes of using a timeline?
How can using an interactive timeline be helpful?
How can using an interactive timeline help to better understand historical events?
How can using an interactive timeline help to portray the events of a novel?
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A Father’s Promise Timeline
http://www.dipity.com/tdsimpson/personal/embed_tl?
Mapping the Locations
Hitler Becomes Chancellor Who is Hitler in this picture? What is a “chancellor”? Where is Berlin? Do you recognize other
locations?
These are screenshots of the timeline that would be used in class.
Adding a Comment
This is where students will add a one sentence comment (fact or question) about the event. Students will need to be logged in under there dipity account that will have already been set up for them. They will be able to post during the lesson which will promote more topics for discussion.
Lesson Continued . . .
View the next 4 events with students following the same procedure as was done with “Hitler becomes chancellor . . . .”
Ready to Read
Find out how Rudi Kaplan’s life was affected by the invasion of Poland.
Read Chapters 1-5 of A Father’s Promise.
Creating Your Personal Timeline
Use www.dipity.com to create your own biographical timeline.
Include significant dates in your life (birth, moving to new places, vacations, broken bones, etc.).
Include significant historical dates that have happened during your lifetime (war, presidents, Olympics, news stories, etc.).
Add a mixture of pictures and videos for each event.
Map each location. Use the “description” page for narration.
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