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Time Travelers Camporee a Compilation of Resources 1 Time Travelers Camporee A Compilation of Resources Scouts, Ventures, Leaders & Parents…. This is a rather large file (over 80 pages). We have included a “Table of Contents” page to let you know the page numbers of each topic for quick reference. The purpose of this resources to aid the patrols, crews (& adults) in their selection of “Patrol Time Period” Themes. There are numerous amounts of valuable information that can be used to pinpoint a period of time or a specific theme /subject matter (or individual).Of course, ideas are endless, but we just hope that your unit can benefit from the resources below…… This file also goes along with the “Time Traveler” theme as it gives you all a look into a wide variety of subjects, people throughout history. The Scouts & Ventures could possibly use some of this information while working on some of their Think Tank entries. There are more events/topics that are not covered than covered in this file. However, due to time constraints & well, we had to get busy on the actual Camporee planning itself, we weren’t able to cover every event during time. Who knows ? You might just learn a thing or two ! 2 TIME TRAVELERS CAMPOREE PATROL & VENTURE CREW TIME PERIOD SELECTION “RESOURCES” Page Contents 4 Chronological Timeline of A Short History of Earth 5-17 World Timeline (1492- Present) 18 Pre-Historic Times 18 Fall of the Roman Empire/ Fall of Rome 18 Middle Ages (5th-15th Century) 19 The Renaissance (14-17th Century) 19 Industrial Revolution (1760-1820/1840) 19 The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 19 Rocky Mountain Rendezvous (1825-1840) 20 American Civil War (1861-1865) 20 The Great Depression (1929-1939) 20 History of Scouting Timeline 20-23 World Scouting (Feb. 1857-present) 23-24 Scouting in the U.S (1907-present) 25 History of Transport 25 Land 25 Water 25 Rail 26 Aviation 27 Spaceflight 27-28 Timeline of Space Exploration 29-30 Railways in the Industrial Revolution 30-34 Television Through the Decades 3 34-48 History of Film 48-56 Music 56-59 Vaudeville 59-64 10 Greatest Scientist Who Changed the World 64-68 Top 20 Inventions of All Time 68-69 Top 20 Chefs 69-76 10 Heroic Stands From Military History 77-82 Olympics Timeline From ancient Greece to Summer, 1948 4 I. Chronological Timeline of A Short History of Earth Earth….Third Rock from the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth& Mars) & it’s the largest of the terrestrial planets. Below is a quick chronological timeline of earth (ref: National Geographic “The Next Earth”). 4.6 Billion Years ago Solar system forms from a giant swirling cloud of dust & gas. 4.5 Billion Years ago Planets form. Earth struck by giant impact to form moon. 3.8 Billion Years ago Atmosphere in place; heavy cosmic bombardment ends. Massive impacts by asteroids & comets batter the early solar system. 3.6 Billion Years ago One-celled organisms arise. 1 Billion Years ago Multicelled organisms arise. 470 Million Years ago Land plants arise; fish are earth’s most advanced life form. 250 Million Years ago Dinosaurs and first egg-laying mammals appear. A giant asteroid impact & massive lava floods in Siberia combine to cause a devastating mass extinction. 200 Million Years ago Primitive, true mammals spread. 108 Million Years ago An asteroid impact forms the striking 53-mile-wide Tycho crater on the moon’s southern hemisphere. 66 Million Years ago A 6-mile-wide asteroid or comet smashes into the Yucatan Peninsula, triggering another extinction. 15 Million Years ago An asteroid a mile wide creates the 15-mile-wide Riles crater in southern Germany. 50,000 Years ago A 164-foot-wide iron-nickel asteroid slams into northern Arizona in a 29- megaton blast, excavating Meteor Crater. 1908 A164-foot asteroid explodes over the Tunguska region of Russia, with 5 megatons of energy, flattening 800 square miles of Siberian forest. 2013 A 66-foot-wide asteroid detonates over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring more than 1,000 residents. 5 II. World Timeline (1492- Present) 1492 Columbus discovers America 1688 Revolution in England / Bill of Rights 1749 Lightening Rod invented 1773 Boston Tea Party 1775 American Revolution 1776 Declaration of Independence 1781 British surrender at Yorktown 1782 Flatboat Invented 1789 First U.S. President Elected….George Washington 1793 Cotton Gin Invented 1801 Suspension Bridge 1803 Louisiana Purchase Treaty 1805 Barbary Wars Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Invented 1812 War of 1812 begins 1833 Lock-stitch Sewing Machine Invented 1837 Battle of Alamo 1838 Trail of Tears (Cherokee Removal) 1845 Baseball Invented 1843 Rotary Printing Press Invented 1846 Mexican-American War 1848 Gold Discovered in America 1850 Dishwasher Invented 1853 Burglar Alarm & Potato Chips Invented 1859 Electric Stove Invented 1860 Pony Express begins 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Breakfast Cereal & Double Barrel Cannon Invented 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866 Chuck wagon Invented 1867 Steam-powered Motorcycle Invented 1869 American Football 1872 First Diner Opened 1875 Civil Rights Act of 1875 Electric Dental Drill Invented 6 1877 Phonograpph Invented 1879 Register Invented 1884 Machine Gun Invented 1885 Photographic Film & Popcorn Invented 1887 Gramophone Records & Softball Invented 1890 Wounded Knee Masacre 1895 Volleyball Invented 1896 Gold Discovered in the Yukon’s Klondike 1898 Spanish-American War 1901 Assembly Line Invented 1902 Air Conditioning Invented 1903 Ford Motor Company Formed First World Series Airplane & Offset Printing Press Invented 1904 Automatic Transmission & Banana Split Invented 1907 Scouting starts in England 1908 Ford Model T Marketed FBI Established 1910 Scouting Begins in U.S. Silver Bay NY, Americans 1st Scout Camp 1912 Titanic Sinks Electric Traffic Light Invented 1916 Light Switch & Supermarket Invented 1917 U.S. Enters WW I 1919 First Wood Badge Course (Gilwell Field, England) 1920 First Radio Broadcast 1922 Water Skiiing & Convertibles were invented 1926 Liquid-fueled Rocket & Juke Boxes Invented 1927 Charles Lindberg makes first Trans-Atlantic flight 1929 Valentine’s Day Masacre Great Depression Begins 1931 Electric Guitar Invented 1932 Amelia Earhart Flies across Atlantic Ocean` 1934 Dust Bowl begins John Dillinger killed Indian Reorganization Act 1935 First BSA National Jamboree, Washington D.C. (Cancelled due to Polio Epidemic). 7 1936 Stock Car Racing & Bass Guitars Invented 1937 First National Jamboree, Washington, D.C. 1939 Germany invades Poland, WW II Begins 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor US Enters WW II 1942 Bazooka Invented 1945 U.S. Takes Okinawa U.S. Joins United Nations Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki WW II Ends 1946 Space Observatory Invented 1947 Supersonic Aircraft Invented 1948 Video Games Invented 1950 Korean War Begins 1952 Air Bags & Barcodes Invented 1954 Model Rocketry Invented 1956 Kart Racing &Industrial Robots Invented 1957 Russians Launch Sputnik Lasers Invented 1958 NASA Formed 1960 Peace Corps started Vietnam War Officially Begins OPEC Formed Artificial Turf & Child Seats Invented Global Navigation Satallite Systems Invented 1963 President John Kennedy Assassinated March on Washington; Martin Luther King Jr. “I have a dream” speech Computer Mouse’s Invented 1964 Moog Synthesizers & Buffalo Wings Invented 1965 Chemical Lasers & Compact Disc Invented 1967 Internal Frame Backpacks & Handheld Calculators 1968 Raquetball & Virtual Reality Invented Civil Rights Acts of 1968 1969 Vietnam Neil Armstrong Walks on the moon. Lunar Module & Laser Printers Invented Wide-body Aircraft & Tasers Invented 8 1971 Uno (card game), Personal Computers, Email & Floppy Discs are Invented. 1972 Watergate Burglary Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with USSR Video Game Consoles & Global Positioning Systems Invented 1973 Vietnam War ends with U.S. pulling out Watergate Scandal breaks Skylab First Space Station Launched Mobile Phones, Voicemail & Personal Watercraft are Invented 1975 Ethernet & Digital Cameras Invented 1977 Human Powered Aircraft Invented 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis begins World Jamboree to be held in Iran (cancelled-hostage crisis). 1981 Control-Alt-Delete, the Space Shuttle, Paintball, Graphic User Interface were Invented 1983 The Internet was Invented 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger accident 1988 The Computers’ Firewall was Invented 1990 Hubble Space Telescope placed into orbit 1991 World Wide Web Launched to public 1991 Gulf War 1994 DNA Computing, & Quantum Cascade Laser are Invented 1999 Ibot is Invented 2000 Terrorists Attack on World Trade Center & Pentagon 2007 100TH Anniversary of Scouting ( 2007 World Jamboree, England) 2008 Bionic Contact Lens is Invented 2010 100th Anniversary of BSA 2011 A series of massive earthquakes hit north-east Japan, unleashing a 10-metre tsunami. US forces kill the al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, in a raid on a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, quits and the army pledges to oversee a transition to democracy. Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi is killed by rebels in the wake of a Nato air strike. Prince William marries Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey. The English riots hit their peak in London and spread to Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies, aged 56. The death is announced of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, one of the most condemned leaders of recent history 9 2012 Mass Shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Obama won a second term at U.S. President. Super Storm Sandy: Hits the Caribbean & the Eastern U.S. seaboard. Obamacare: President Obama Health care bill passes with complex ramifications for insurers, employers, health-care providers and state governments. Libya: a Sept. 11 assault in Benghazi, killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stephens and three other Americans. Penn State: In January, longtime football coach Joe Paterno died, his legacy tarnished by the sex-abuse scandal involving his former assistant, Jerry Sandusky who was later convicted. U .S. Economy: The economy was on a welcome upswing. The unemployment rate dipped to a four-year-low of 7.7 percent, stock markets rose, builders broke ground on more homes, and November was the best sales month in nearly five years for U.S.
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