Government Action Timelines

Citizenship, Reading

Students use a timeline to chart news coverage of a government action. Students explain a sequence of events, make and use a timeline, interpret a timeline, and analyze cause and effect relationships with a timeline.

You can use an Assessment Rubric to assess students' mastery of the objectives.

WHAT YOU NEED

Paper
Magazines or newspapers
Scissors
Glue
Ruler

WHAT TO DO

Select a news story about legislation or another government action.
Collect headlines and pictures about the story. Try to include all the steps that the action goes through.
Make a timeline that covers the time of the story.
Match each headline to a point on the timeline.
Give your timeline a title.

Write Questions To Go with Your Timeline!

See if others can read your timeline and answer your questions.
Discuss the benefits of telling a story with a timeline.

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