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Buffalo Timeline
Description:
This web-based interactive timeline highlights historical events relating to Buffalo and the Niagara Frontier. Developed by the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society in collaboration with the Center for Applied Technologies in Education, the timeline is a reference tool to supplement the classroom curriculum.

It is appropriate for students and teachers at all levels studying local and New York State history.

Author:
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
Grade Level(s): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Website(s):
Bullet Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Museum Education - /media/mediaviewer.asp?MediaID=6105
Related Content: 
Adventures in History Series: Old Fort Niagara
Adventures in History Series: Millard Fillmore
Adventures in History Series: The Village of Buffalo 1800-1832
Adventures in History Series: The Beginnings of Buffalo Industry
Adventures in History Series: The Pan-American Exposition
Adventures in History Series: The Holland Land Company in WNY
Adventures in History Series: The War of 1812 on the Frontier
Adventures in History Series: Power The Gift of Niagara
Adventures in History Series: Grover Cleveland and Buffalo
Adventures in History Series: The Grand Canal New York’s First Thruway
Adventures in History Series: People of Our City and County
Adventures in History Series: The Canadian Shore
Adventures in History Series: Manufacturers of Wheels and Motors
Adventures in History Series: Buffalo Homes
Adventures in Series: Glass: Lancaster and Lockport, New York
Adventures in History Series: Erie County and the Civil War
Adventures in History Series: The Wilcox House (The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site)
Adventures in History Series: Erie County Railroads 1836 - 1972
Adventures in History Series: Buffalo Newspapers Since 1870
Adventures in History Series: Theater in Early Buffalo
Adventures in History Series: Family Life in Early Buffalo
Adventures in History Series: Buffalo in the Gilded Age
Adventures in History Series: The Art & Artists of Buffalo
Adventures in History Series: Grain Elevators
Adventures in History Series: Peter B. Porter and the Buffalo Black Rock Rivalry
Creating Timelines
Related Standards:
Bullet SS1.E.1A Students know the roots of American culture, its development from many different traditions, and the ways many people from a variety of groups and backgrounds played a role in creating it.
 
Bullet SS1.I.2B Students investigate key turning points in New York State and United States history and explain why these events or developments are significant.
 
Bullet SS1.E.3A Students gather and organize information about the important accomplishments of individuals and groups, including Native American Indians, living in their neighborhoods and communities.
 
Bullet SS1.I.3D Students classify major developments into categories such as social, political, economic, geographic, technological, scientific, cultural, or religious.
 
Bullet SS1.C.3B Students research and analyze the major themes and developments in New York State and United States history (e.g., colonization and settlement; Revolution and New National Period; immigration; expansion and reform era; Civil War and Reconstruction; The American labor movement; Great Depression; World Wars; contemporary United States).
 
Bullet SS1.C.3C Students prepare essays and oral reports about the important social, political, economic, scientific, technological, and cultural developments, issues, and events from New York State and United States history.
 

Submitted By:
Michael Horning, Educator
NYLearns
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