Lesson 61 of 84 · History

⭐ 30 XP🏰 History Keep

What Is History?

🌍Mission Brief #61

History is the story of what happened in the past.

🎯 Your mission

Figure out how this changed the world.

⚡ The twist

History is written by the winners — keep asking what's missing.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.

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Then & Now

🕰️ People still argue about this. Now you'll see why.

History is the story of what happened in the past. We learn about history so we can understand how people lived long ago and how the world has changed.

Key Facts

History is the story of the past.

A timeline shows events in order.

Old photographs teach us about long ago.

Timeline

1945

World War II ends

1954

Brown v. Board of Education: school segregation declared unconstitutional

1963

Martin Luther King Jr. gives the 'I Have a Dream' speech

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