Interactive Whiteboard Activity

Activity Title: Barack Obama Timeline (1961-2015)

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: Third Grade
Activity Summary: The purpose of this activity is for students to learn important events in the life
of President Barack Obama from birth until his election to presidency. In this activity students will
accurately place specific events onto a time line by dragging and dropping event onto time line at
the correct year.
Learning Objective: At the end of this activity students will be able to place specific events from
1961- present onto a time line of the life of President Barack Obama.
Grade Level Expectation: 3-5
State Performance Indicators: 3.16

Use timelines and historical passages to summarize the

history of events and political figures.
Credits:
Requirements for this assignment are as follows:
Teacher Part
An original title
Content area and grade level listed
An activity summary that includes a statement of purpose for activity and a brief
description of the activity
Learning objective
Grade Level Expectation
State Performance Indicator
Credits (You need to cite where the curriculum standards and clip art came from.)
Hyperlink to the Curriculum Standards - http://www.tn.gov/education/curriculum.shtml

http://tn.gov/education/standards/social_studies/std_ss_gr_3.pdf
Student Part:
A change in background color
Appropriate clip art that enhances the activity and adds student interest
Changes in font sizes and colors
Text boxes and clip art are interactive (They can be clicked on and moved to another
location on the screen.)
Student directions are provided
Sufficient opportunities (a minimum of ten (10)) for the student(s) to practice the skill or
concept that will allow mastery
Hyperlinks to clipart
Microsoft Office Online - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx
Google Images - http://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
Both Parts
Absolutely no spelling or grammatical errors

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THERE.

Barack Hussein Obama time line 1961Barack Obamas father

died in a car accident.
He graduated high
school in Honolulu
and began college at
Occidental College.
He returned to
Honolulu to live with
his grandparent.

He was elected State

Senator of Illinois.
Barack Obama was
born August 4, in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Barack Obamas
mother died of
cancer.

He was re-elected to a
second term of President of
the United States.
He married Michelle
Robinson on October 3.
His family moved to
Indonesia.

Barack Obama was elected the first

African American President of the United States.

Complete the time line by dragging each event to the time line in chronological order using the years on the timeline.

1961

1967

1971

1979

1982

1992

1995

2004

2008

2012

2015