Tweaking the Timeline

When I started on my Peter the Great project, one of the first items that I added to my list was a timeline. I knew that I wanted it to show not only what was happening in Russia at that time but also in other parts of the world. That helps me so much to connect the various parts of history together. I love the history storybooks by Genevieve Foster that pull in the stories all over the world during a historical figure's lifetime.

So once again, I googled for timeline programs, hoping to find a free one that could do what I wanted to do. Alas, the free ones just couldn't quite cut it. However, I had downloaded a free trial of Timeline Maker basic. This is a very useful program that could do what I wanted - or close enough!

So I just needed to get rid of the watermark by purchasing a license. The regular price is $49.99 but I noticed that they offered educational discounts. I contacted them to ask if homeschooling counts and indeed it does! Hurray! 50% off with no hassle. I am looking forward to using this program in my homeschooling as well because there are so many ways you can utilize a timeline.

My only difficulty left is that the current version of the Peter the Great timeline prints out on 8 sheets of paper, yikes! I think I am going to split it in half and print out the Russian part on one half and the rest of the world on the other. We will see what my test families think of that.