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& 239 - Timeline 2000 - Present Review with students the layout and purpose of a timeline. Be sure students understand how the flow of time is shown in this visual format. The dates shown in the answer key below are for your reference, and students do not need to list them on their timeline or the timeline guide. Timeline event guide, page 238 To help study the timeline, students should complete the "fill in the blanks" event guide using the word bank at the bottom of the page. It's a good small group project, with students sharing what they already know, and then using a textbook, online encyclopedia, or other resources to help them pick the correct answers. 1. 9/11 terrorist attacks - 2001 ...carried out by the al Qaeda terrorists. 2. U.S. invades Afghanistan - 2001 ...al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. 3. U.S. invades Iraq - 2003 ...dictator Saddam Hussein... 4. Facebook begins - 2004 ...with their friends with this... 5. YouTube begins - 2005 ...the many Internet based... 6. iPhone 1 introduced - 2007 ...a miniature computer and... 7. The Great Recession - 2007 - 2009 ...the worst economic downturn since... 8. Affordable Care Act - 2010 ...usually called Obamacare. 9. bin Laden killed - 2011 ...U.S. Navy Seals attacked... 10. U.S. out of Iraq - 2011 ...should have stayed until... 11. Boston Marathon bombing - 2013 ...a deadly threat to... 12. Obergefell v. Hodges - 2015 ...same-sex marriage a... |
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