Students will learn about the importance of key ideas, events, and developments of the modern era. This introductory lesson will outline the following events: the Persian Gulf Wars, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the War on Terrorism and the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the presidential election of 2008. Students will create a timeline of these events that they will continue to use through