
The site also has an overview of countries, where students can see which countries choose not to participate in daylight saving time, such as Japan, India, and China. Daylight Saving Time: On this website provided by, teachers can find an extensive history of daylight saving as well as resources regarding when we change our clocks, anecdotes, obstacles, and more.How Harrison help fast to his vision and dedicated his life to the creation of a small jewel of a timepiece that would change the world is a compelling story - as well as a memorable piece of history, science and biography." The Man Who Made Time Travel by Kathryn Lasky: In this picture book, Amazon says, readers can follow this "fascinating story of the quest to measure longitude.John Harrison, an obscure, uneducated clockmaker, dared to imagine a different solution: a seafaring clock.About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks by Bruce Koscielniak: In this Common Core textbook, Amazon says Koscielniak, "tells the intriguing story of the many years spent tinkering and inventing to perfect the art of telling time." The book can be used for grades four and five.1960-today: Expanding Time: "We try to get more time out of every day.".1920-1960 Saving Time: "Americans became obsessed with using time efficiently.1880-1920 Synchronizing Time: "The country struggled to adjust to clocks set to a national standard time.1820-1880 Mechanizing Time: "Increasingly, Americans let the clock tell the time and regulate their lives.1700-1820 Marking Time: "Americans were deeply mindful of time, but not of the clock.".The website separates the history of clocks in to five different timelines: National Museum of American History: Why is Clock Time So Important? On this site, teachers can have access to an extensive timeline from when clocks were first invented, to now.

For example, students may find that it is a completely different day in Shanghai than it is in the United States, or London is only four hours ahead.


To some students, this may be something that goes over their heads, but other may wonder what Daylight Saving Time is all about. Usually around the last week in October, everyone will be turning their clocks back, thus giving us one more hour of sleep. More Great Ideas for the New School Yearĭaylight Saving Time: The History of Clocks and Time.
