The netTrekker Dynamic Timeline provides a great way to teach history in a new interactive way by showing the cross-curricular connection between important eras, events, famous people, arts and innovations during a specific time period.
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Zoom into a specific period of history.
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Layer artistic works onto periods of history.
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Add layers of disciplines to an existing timeline, creating a cross-disciplinary tool to fit your needs.
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Save your timelines and share them in the same way that you save searches and share your search folders.
Here’s an example
of a great way to use the netTrekker timeline to learn about the stock
market crash that began in October of 1929.
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The stock market crash of 1929 officially started in October and began the onset of the Great Depression. It was without a doubt the longest and most severe economic downturn in American history.
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The netTrekker timeline can be used as a cross-curricular tool to explore the many facets of society that were impacted by this period in American history.
To access the timeline, click on Social Studies, then click on U.S History, and then go to “The Twenties and the Great Depression.*”
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Click on the timeline icon (
) next to “The Twenties and the Great Depression” heading
to access
its timeline.* Make sure to look at the additional layers
that can be added to this timeline.
Check out netTrekker's Help Section on using the Dynamic Timeline*:
- How to access the Dynamic Timeline
- How to navigate the timeline
- How to expand the timeline
- How to save a timeline
- How to use the timeline, including a step-by-step example
netTrekker's Help section is a great resource to learn about the numerous features and tools available to you through netTrekker.
* Please note that you will need to login to netTrekker to view all areas of the product, including Help topics.