World History teaching resources for the high school classroom: lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and simulation games for KS3, IGCSE, IB and A-Level teachers.
 

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Overview

In this project, you will learn about some of the most important events in history that took place on YOUR birthday.

You will use the most interesting of these to produce your own display piece by completing this "Timeline of my Birthday" worksheet.

Instructions

Step 1 - Getting the information

Input your birthday here and click "search". It will provide a list of events, births and deaths that took place across a wide range of time on the day you were born. (TIP: a random batch of events are selected. You can click again to get a fresh batch of results!).

Step 2 - Selecting the information and completing the timeline

Select AT LEAST FIVE of these entries to put into your "Timeline of my Birthday" worksheet, following these rules:

• At least one ‘event’, one ‘birth’ and one ‘death’ must be included
• No more than one entry in each row (=century)
• Put a picture relating to this entry in a cell next to it, with a caption.
• Complete the final row with information about yourself..

Step 3 - Sharing your findings and creating a display

Print off your completed work and use it for a classroom discussion and display (who shares their birthday with that of the most important historical character? who shared their birthday with the most significant historical event?).