History simulations
26 interactive History simulations for ages 11–18, grouped by topic.
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The Black Death 1346–1353 – plague spreading along medieval trade routes
History · Ancient & Medieval World
A map of plague spreading month by month from the Black Sea (Caffa, 1346) along sea, river and land trade routes...
Ages 12–13
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The Age of Exploration – four great voyages
History · Ancient & Medieval World
An interactive world map with a timeline you can drag from 1480 to 1530. Drag the marker or press Play to watch the...
Ages 12–13
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Ancient Civilizations of East and West
History · Ancient & Medieval World
A hand-drawn map from the Mediterranean to East Asia, with major rivers and a timeline you can drag from 3500 BCE to...
Ages 11–12
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Medieval Western Europe – manors and towns
History · Ancient & Medieval World
An interactive map of Western Europe with a timeline you can drag from 476 to the mid-16th century. Drag the marker...
Ages 12–13
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Medieval China and India – dynasties and empires
History · Ancient & Medieval World
A self-drawn map of Asia with two draggable timeline bands, one for Chinese dynasties and one for Indian empires,...
Ages 12–13
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Prehistoric society through three stages
History · Ancient & Medieval World
A self-drawn map with a draggable timeline running from 4 million years ago to the rise of the first states. Drag...
Ages 11–12
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Transatlantic slave trade 1501–1866 – map of routes, numbers and abolition
History · Revolutions & Industrial Age
A map of the Atlantic world from 1501 to 1890 based on the estimates of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database...
Ages 16–17
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Industrial Revolution – spreading from Britain to Europe and America
History · Revolutions & Industrial Age
A map of Western Europe and North America paired with a timeline from 1760 to 1870 shows how the Industrial...
Ages 13–14
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Bourgeois revolutions – four landmark uprisings on a map and timeline
History · Revolutions & Industrial Age
A map of Western Europe and North America paired with a timeline from 1566 to the late 18th century traces four...
Ages 13–14
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Modern Asia – colonial invasion and resistance movements
History · Revolutions & Industrial Age
A map of Asia paired with a timeline from 1840 to 1918 shows China becoming a semi-colony, India and Southeast Asia...
Ages 13–14
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Land-based empires 1450–1750 – Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal, Ming/Qing, Russia, Songhai and Spain
History · Revolutions & Industrial Age
A world map with a year slider from 1450 to 1750 shows the growth and decline of seven large empires: the Ottoman,...
Ages 12–13
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Global migration 1815–1939 – settlers, convicts and indentured labour
History · Revolutions & Industrial Age
A world flow map of the great migrations from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the Second World War. Students move...
Ages 13–14
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US territorial expansion 1783–1917 – territories, slavery, Native nations and the frontier
History · Revolutions & Industrial Age
A hand-drawn map of the United States with a year slider from 1783 to 1917. Four layers show each territorial...
Ages 13–14
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Scramble for Africa 1870–1914 – colonial map by year
History · Revolutions & Industrial Age
A hand-drawn map of Africa with a year slider from 1870 to 1914 colours each area by the colonial power that ruled...
Ages 13–14
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Map and Timeline of 19th-Century Achievements
History · Revolutions & Industrial Age
An interactive map of Europe and North America with a timeline from 1800 to 1900, marking exactly where major...
Ages 13–14
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Science and technology – achievements from the mid-20th century to today
History · 20th Century & Today
A world map paired with a timeline from 1945 to 2023 marks where landmark scientific and technological achievements...
Ages 14–15
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World War I (1914–1918) – map of alliances, fronts and peace treaties
History · 20th Century & Today
A hand-drawn map of Europe and the Middle East with a month-by-month timeline from 1914 to 1918: the Entente and the...
Ages 13–14
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Korean War 1950–1953 – front lines month by month
History · 20th Century & Today
A hand-drawn map of the Korean peninsula shows how the front line moved month by month from 25 June 1950 to the...
Ages 17–18
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Great Depression and New Deal – shares, output, unemployment and trade, 1920–1941
History · 20th Century & Today
Six linked graphs on one timeline show share prices (the Dow index), money and credit, industrial output,...
Ages 14–15
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Migration to Britain and Australia since 1945 – origins, laws and trade
History · 20th Century & Today
Census maps show where people living in England and Wales and in Australia were born, from the first post-war...
Ages 14–15
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Urban settlement – from medieval town to modern city
History · 20th Century & Today
A canvas diagram of a representative city, paired with a timeline from 1500 to 2020. As students drag the timeline...
Ages 14–15
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Living standards in the 20th century – life expectancy, causes of death, income and food since 1900
History · 20th Century & Today
Compare the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, India and the world from 1900 to today with approximate,...
Ages 15–16
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Decolonisation in Asia and Africa (1945–1975) – map by year
History · 20th Century & Today
A hand-drawn map of Asia and Africa with a year slider from 1945 to 1975: countries are coloured by the year they...
Ages 14–15
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Between the World Wars and the Second World War
History · 20th Century & Today
An interactive world map with a timeline from 1918 to 1945 showing the Versailles–Washington order, the Great...
Ages 14–15
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The Cold War world, 1945–1991
History · 20th Century & Today
A self-drawn world map paired with a draggable timeline from 1945 to 1991 shows the Soviet–US bipolar order clash...
Ages 14–15
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The new world order and globalisation
History · 20th Century & Today
A self-drawn world map paired with a draggable timeline from 1991 to 2023 shows major economic centres and...
Ages 14–15
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