When examining history, timelines are very important because they allow people to see major changes over an extended period of time in chronological order. Timelines are arranged in an organized way that make it easy and efficient to work with when looking back through history. The small passages about a specific date or time period are very informational. With the advancing technology, timelines now offer pictures and other forms of media to help the viewer imagine the time and place of the event.
Hailey and I formed a timeline of Harriett Lees’s life and included three major dates: her birth, marriage, and death. We gathered more relevant information to Harriett Lees’s life in attempt to make comparisons and connections. When we furthered our research on her hometown, Leominster, we found a lot of interesting and relevant information. This is an example of the geographic mode of representation.
Other major occurrences we came across when researching were the Industrial Revolution, Leamington spa, and lung sickness, also known as tuberculosis. Hailey and I used chronological mode of representation when analyzing our timeline. For example, the timeline allowed us to make the connection and understand Harriett Lees suffering and death from tuberculosis. When deepening our research on the Leamington Spa, we learned that they were seen as healthy places where sick people would go to receive spa waters, doctors, and other medicinal purposes. Again, this allowed us to find a connection between civilians in Great Britain at the time and Harriett Lees.
I have learned so much by reading Grafton’s introduction about timelines and going through the process of making one. The use of a timeline has taught me how to make connections between events during a time period in history. It has also allowed me a greater understanding of Harriett Lees’s life.
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Paige Whitney is a sophomore at Bucknell University. She is from Darien, CT. She is undeclared, but has interests in psychology, management, and economics.
