For history, social studies and earth science teachers
Show students the scale of history
One timeline can hold the geologic time scale and the hours of a single day. Students zoom in and more events appear. Put two countries or movements in parallel lanes to compare them, then walk the class through it as a tour.
Live example · Geologic Time Scale: Earth's 4.6-Billion-Year History
Open the full timelineFrom the gallery: Earth’s 4.6-billion-year history, with lanes for geologic time, climate, life, mass extinctions and humans.
Useful in a classroom
Deep time and a single day
Zoom from 4.6 billion years ago down to a single minute on the same axis, so students see how far apart events really are.
Lanes for comparison
Put two nations, movements or regions in parallel lanes and see what happened in each at the same moment.
Tours for presenting
Choose the events to stop at and write a caption for each. Step through the tour in class with the arrow keys.
Embed it in a class site
Paste the embed code into a class website or any page that accepts an iframe. Students open it without an account.
Start from the gallery
Copy a published timeline, such as the geologic time scale or World War II, and adapt it for your unit.
Posters and a list view
Export a PDF poster in Letter, A4, Tabloid or A3 for the wall. Every timeline also has a list view of all its events.
How to start
- 1Copy a gallery timeline or start a blank one.
- 2Add a lane for each place or theme you compare.
- 3Set the tour stops and captions.
- 4Share the link or embed it on your class site.
You do not need an account to start. Timelines are stored in your browser until you sign in.
Suggested plan
Free
$0
The free plan covers most teachers: unlimited timelines and up to 3 shared at once. Creator is for teachers who share many timelines.
Compare all plansCommon questions
Do students need accounts?
No account is needed to open a shared timeline or to build one in the editor. Without an account, a timeline is stored only in that browser, so students sign in to keep their work and share it. TimelineTraveler is for people 13 and older.
Is there a school or district plan?
Not yet. There are no student accounts, class rosters or LMS integrations at the moment. Teachers can use any plan to build, share and embed timelines for a class.
Is it accessible?
Every timeline has a list view of all its events, keyboard zoom and pan, and light and dark themes. We have not published an accessibility conformance report.
Can I print a timeline?
Yes. Export a PDF poster in Letter, A4, Tabloid or A3, or a PNG image.
Make your first timeline
Open the editor and start without an account. Sign in when you want to keep the timeline and share it.
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