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Rude awakening - a bit of fog! To be expected. Don't

know how we live with this everyday in London!

#GreatSmog

Rumours that there are more deaths linked to this smog

than the influenza outbreak of 1918. #GreatSmog

Rude awakening - a bit of fog! To be expected. Don't

know how we live with this everyday in London!

#GreatSmog

Rude awakening - a bit of fog! To be expected. Don't

know how we live with this everyday in London!

Apparently oil could provide a cleaner alternative

to coal in the future. Let's hope this is true! #GreatSmog

Rumours that there are more deaths linked to this smog

than the influenza outbreak of 1918. #GreatSmog

Rumours that there are more deaths linked to this smog

than the influenza outbreak of 1918. #GreatSmog

Rude awakening - a bit of fog! To be expected. Don't

know how we live with this everyday in London!

422 TWEETS

Apparently oil could provide a cleaner alternative to coal

in the future. Let's hope this is true! #GreatSmog

Rumours that there are more deaths linked to this smog

than the influenza outbreak of 1918. #GreatSmog

422 TWEETS

1,5 MILLION PEOPLE

Apparently oil could provide a cleaner alternative to

coal in the future. Let's hope this is true! #GreatSmog

@Historython #Historython

TIMETABLE

9:00-9:45 - Presentation of Hstry, Historython and Sponsors + breakout into teams

9:45-12:00 - Timeline Creation

12:00-1:00 - Lunch

1:00-4:30 - Timeline Creation

4:30-5:00 - Judging

5:00-5:15 - Prizes & Closing Statement

5:30 - Everything is cleaned up and off to the afterparty!

SPONSORS

GUIDELINES

CREATING TIMELINES

3 STEPS

Write the

timeline

Find the voice

Find and study

your subject

FIND AND STUDY YOUR SUBJECT

Choose your own

Or

Choose one of our

timeline ideas

FIND THE VOICE

We encourage to:

● Find the forgotten hero

● Shine a light on what history has put aside

● Find a different perspective

How did they live

the event?

Was that person

involved or a distant

witness?

Who was present at

the historical event?

TIMELINE IDEAS

An illegal brewer

during prohibition in

the 1920s

Moctezuma and

Hernan Cortes

meeting in

November 1519

2nd Punic war:

Hannibal marching

across the Alps

WRITE THE TIMELINE

* 1st person perspective

* Dynamic and entertaining

* Controlled Creativity

* Bring history to lifeTypes of posts:

Intro / Conclusion / Chapter / Narrative / Image

INTRO

PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES

● Library of Congress

● National Archives and Records Administration

● Wikimedia (Wikipedia)

● Digital Public Library of America

● Flickr

CREATIVE COMMONS

THE LICENSES WE CAN USE

Attribution - CC BY

Attribution-ShareAlike - CC BY-SA

Attribution-NoDerivs - CC BY-ND

Portrait of Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley, 1768 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA)

DEMO

PRIZES

Hidden Gem

Pebble Watch

Visual Gem

Kindle

Best Narrative

Kindle

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