Interested in learning more about the history of and debates about timelines? Read what these historians have to say:
The Trouble with Timelines, by Daniel Rosenberg
What Is a Date?, by Christopher York
"History on the Line: Time as Dimension," by Stephen Boyd Davis
As you work on your timeline, you may encounter the following potential problems:
Several timelines of the Holocaust exist. Take a look at these three:
Holocaust Timeline, Yad Vashem
Timeline of the Holocaust, Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles
History of the Holocaust, Remember.com
Questions to think about as you create your timeline:
What is the purpose of your timeline?
To tell a story?
To argue for a particular interpretation?
To show cause and effect?
To show relationships in a complex environment?
Who is your audience?
Your classmates?
Others who've read the same works?
The general public?
What should the time range be?
The lifespan of a specific person?
A century?
A political timespan?
What time units should you choose?
Decades?
Years?
Months?
What are the relevant contexts?
Biographical?
Cultural (literary, artistic, genre)?
Political and social movements?
Local, national, or international?