historical events

I had to find an important historical event from the 1980's. I thought this activity wa fun. After researching and choosing my event, I was curious and started looking at important events starting from 1900. I found and learned about a lot of occurrences that I did not know happened. I also was surprised at events I had forgotten. I created a time line from 1900-2010 of what I thought was the most important events to happen. I think this would be a great activity to spark historical interests in students.