1990s

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/1990s

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What made the 1990s a special decade?The 1990s were a time when the internet grew fast, new music like grunge and hip‑hop became popular, and video games got cool 3‑D graphics on PlayStation and Nintendo 64.
2. How did the internet change everyday life in the 1990s?The World Wide Web went from a school tool to something everyone could use, letting people find information quickly and share ideas online.

Unipolar World: A global system where one nation holds a predominant influence over others, as seen with the US post-Cold War.
Neoliberalism: An economic and political ideology emphasizing free markets, deregulation, and privatization.
Dot-com Bubble: A speculative economic bubble from 1997-2000 involving internet-based companies, which eventually burst.