Cool Idea: Book of Centuries

I may still do the Monkey's education in "order," starting with Ancient History, as suggested in A Well-Trained Mind, but for myself I think this "Book of Centuries" could be a very cool idea. The idea is to create a notebook (3 ring binder) with a time line in it. Each 2 page spread has 100 years on it, and you keep track of things you read, composers, church history, Bible & Book of Mormon history, & whatever else you learn about that's got dates, all right there in one place. So each time you look at history you see how the current topic fits with previous topics. You never know, I might even figure out the whole Musical Periods thing, using one of these things! That would be useful for teaching my lessons, if I could get that stuff a bit more internalized than it is now.

As I think about this, even if we do go with a more structured walk through history, it's likely that some things won't always line up exactly, and a Book of Centuries would be a fun way to place things in their historical context.

Here's some links:

Clear explanation of what it is & direction for making one:
http://tinyurl.com/28tpby

Another style, using a sketch pad:
http://tinyurl.com/224c9f

An example, with some nice pictures & how it evolved as the kids grew:
http://tinyurl.com/2aoscx