weesh Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 I am making a presentation in a few days to some kids who range from 1st through 6th grade, and the goal is to show the impact of the last year from May 2011 to May 2012. What world events, good and bad, of this year will be remembered a decade or more from now? I only have 15 minutes to both present the events as well as engage them in discussion over the events, so it will be pretty low key. I will be doing my own research and collecting the suggestions in this first post. What was significant to you?Events of the last year:May 2011 - Osama Bin Laden KilledJuly 2011 - South Sudan Gains IndependanceJuly 2011 - Ending of the NASA space shuttle programSept 2011 - Occupy Wall Street Movement beginsOctober 2011 - World Population Reaches 7 billionOctober 2011 - Tunisia holds first vote in an Arab spring country that toppled its dictatorDecember 2011 - Weesh discovers My Little PonyAnd to be clear, I am looking for 2012 events as well, but haven't found any of interest yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathalos Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 historyorb.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosewind Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Add pony to that timeline. Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicRainboomGirl Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Seems pretty political. DICTATOR KILLED.Why not add some Pop Culture stuff in there, such as Amy Winehouse's death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathalos Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 that list is a bit depressing... killed...killed....vote in country that toppled dictator . some more social events might be added, if that is what it is about, cuz they can be kind of important to... actual events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathalos Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Seems pretty political. DICTATOR KILLED.Why not add some Pop Culture stuff in there, such as Amy Winehouse's death? dont talk about killing people. talk about people dying. im sorry, i just had to point that out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesh Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 historyorb.com?Nice. That will be really helpful. the first post has some additional events, and a few were removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosewind Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Yeah, that list is pretty grim. You forgot to add pony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancre Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 I like your list. It's interesting to see what you chose : in mine I would have put the arab "spring" starting in Tunisia in january, instead of the elections in october, for example. Also, no Fukushima ? And for fun, wikipedia's 2011 list : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesh Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 I like your list. It's interesting to see what you chose : in mine I would have put the arab "spring" starting in Tunisia in january, instead of the elections in october, for example.Also, no Fukushima ?And for fun, wikipedia's 2011 list : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011I'm not doing 2011 so much as I am doing a year ago from today. So I considered Fukushima, but it is older than that. Also, a pony was added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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