History class is basically story time with plot twists. I did my project as a podcast about Rani Lakshmibai.
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Anaya D.Grade 7 · History
Academics · History
Time Travellers
The past, told like the greatest story ever. A story-driven history program that travels from the pyramids to the moon landing — with map work, role-play debates and “history detective” projects that use real primary sources.
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Story-first lessons — zero rote dates
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Role-play debates as kings, rebels & inventors
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History-detective projects with real sources
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Timelines your child actually draws
What your child will be able to do.
Not vague promises — these are the checkpoints mentors sign off on before the program ends.
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Tell the story of five great civilisations from memory
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Place big events on a timeline — and explain what links them
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Read a primary source and ask “who wrote this, and why?”
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Argue both sides of a historical debate with evidence
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Connect freedom movements to the world we live in today
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Turn research into a project: poster, podcast or paper
- Indus Valley: cities before concrete
- Egypt, pyramids & mummies
- Mesopotamia and the first writing
- Greece & Rome: ideas that survived
- Mauryas & Ashoka’s change of heart
- Guptas and a golden age of science
- Cholas: temples and trade winds
- The Silk Road connects the world
- Delhi Sultanate to the Mughals
- Castles, knights & samurai compared
- Vijayanagara: a city of wonder
- Explorers, maps and new sea routes
- The industrial revolution changes everything
- 1857 and the fight for India
- Gandhi, non-violence & mass movements
- Freedom at midnight: 1947
- Two world wars in ten objects
- The space race to the Moon
- The internet: newest chapter of history
- History-detective capstone project
Meet your mentor.
Every batch is led by a specialist — not a generalist reading slides.
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Ira Bhatt
History Storyteller-in-ChiefMA History · museum educator, 9 yrs
Ira ran children’s tours at a national museum and can make a 4,000-year-old clay pot feel like breaking news. Her classes routinely run over because nobody wants the story to stop.
From learners in Time Travellers.
Frequently asked questions.
The opposite. Each lesson is built as a story with characters, stakes and cliffhangers. Dates come up as the plot points of that story, so children remember them the way they remember movie scenes — without flashcards.
Yes. The modules cover the civilisations, empires and freedom-movement chapters that appear across grade 5–10 board syllabi, and the essay-style project work directly improves answer-writing.
Once a fortnight the class becomes a royal court, a rebel council or an explorer’s crew. Each child argues from their character’s point of view using facts from the lessons. It is the most-requested activity in the program.
Fully. Sensitive topics such as war are handled with care and framed around people, choices and consequences. Batches are grouped by age band (5–7 and 8–10) so discussion depth matches maturity.