Tim Berners-Lee

Historical Character, Social Studies & Science Assembly Program

Grades: K–6

Tim Berners-Lee comes to your school as part of our Time Traveling Inventors assembly program. Using immersive multimedia segments and live hosting, students meet the inventor of the World Wide Web and learn how his idea to connect computers changed how we share information. Through social studies and science, students discover how the web works and why access to information matters for everyone.

What Students Learn

• How Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web and why it matters
• The difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web
• How websites, links, and browsers work together to share information
• Why Berners-Lee made the web free for everyone to use
• The importance of digital citizenship and using the web responsibly
• How one idea can connect billions of people around the world

Perfect For These School Events

• STEM/STEAM Week or Computer Science Education Week
• Digital citizenship and internet safety units
• Social Studies units on modern technology and globalization
• Media literacy and information age curriculum
• Career Day or future-focused assemblies

How It Works at Your School

Our performer leads a live, in-person assembly in your gym or auditorium, supported by multimedia segments that bring Tim Berners-Lee into the program. Students participate through guided questions, quick activities, and real-world connections that make history and technology feel immediate.