Grade 5 · Social Studies · Lesson 13

Modern history milestones

The last 250 years have changed the world more than any other stretch of history. Steam engines and factories built the modern city. Two world wars redrew the map. Civil rights movements gave more people a voice. Astronauts walked on the Moon. The Berlin Wall fell. Then the internet arrived in almost every pocket. This lesson is a tour of the biggest MILESTONES of modern history — events so important that almost every country still feels their effects today.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify major milestones of modern history from the 1800s to today
2Order 19th and 20th century events in chronological order
3Match each major event to its year
4Describe how each milestone changed daily life and society

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