Brave People Who Changed Things

🌍Mission Brief #27

Abraham Lincoln was a president who worked to end slavery.

🎯 Your mission

Be a history detective — read between the dates.

⚡ The twist

What seemed obvious then is often shocking now (and vice versa).

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing than to the building of the pyramids.

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Then & Now

🕰️ This still shapes laws, borders, and even your school today.

Abraham Lincoln was a president who worked to end slavery. He believed that all people should be free.

Key Facts

Artifacts are objects from the past.

Oral history is stories told aloud.

History is the story of the past.

Check Your Understanding

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What is a timeline?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Why this still matters

Every road sign, every flag, every holiday — there's history hiding inside.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one historical photo that shocked you. Tell someone about it.

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For the dinner table

“What's something from history you wish you could see in person?”

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