You can talk about the relation of indo European languages to each other and how there roots effected there changes over time.
its one of my personal favorites
1952 was a year of the Egyptian Revolution, which ended in the overthrow of the Egyptian King (who abdicated in favour of his newborn son in the hopes of keeping the dynasty, but the son was also removed from the position later)
and established the Republic of Egypt.
If you can touch it, hear it sometimes even smell or taste it. so a phone, water, tree anything really