--- title: "Maps and timelines for history and geography | DuckyHelper" url: "https://duckyhelper.com/features/maps-and-timelines/" description: "Ask when or where something happened and DuckyHelper shows a timeline you can scroll or a world map you can pan, zoom and tap, with real pictures and sources." updated: "2026-10-09" --- Mac app # Maps and timelines Ask DuckyHelper when did the world wars happen? and you get a timeline you can scroll, with eras marked and a picture behind every event you tap. Ask show me Magellan's route and you get a world map you can pan, zoom and tap, with pins, highlighted countries and the route itself. Ask who was Ada Lovelace? and you get a card with real photos and sources. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/)[Get the Mac app](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) Timelines ## When it happened, in order. Ask when something happened, or how one event led to another. A scrollable timeline opens with its eras marked, so you see what came before and after. Tap any event and its picture opens. In Eddy, the timeline sits on the desk beside the lesson; on a Mac, it opens in the pill. [Guide: Maps, timelines and knowledge cards](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/study/maps-timelines/) Causes and effects Ask why the colonies declared independence, and the events line up so the cause sits before the effect. Put it in order Quizzes can ask you to put events in order, and check you. Maps ## Where it happened, on a map you can move. Ask show me Magellan's route, or where is the Fertile Crescent? A world map opens that you pan, zoom and tap, with pins on the places, countries highlighted and routes drawn. For a labelled picture of one region, like the Thirteen Colonies, Eddy draws the labels on as it names each place. [Pictures you can ask about](https://duckyhelper.com/features/pictures/) On a Mac ## A card for every name and word. In the Mac pill, ask who, what or what does it mean, and a card opens with real sources. ### Knowledge cards Who was Ada Lovelace? Real Wikipedia photos, a short summary, key facts and the sources. ### Word cards What does ubiquitous mean? A dictionary-style card. ### Answers with sources For anything current, a web search answer with its sources listed. ## Ask when or where. Explore it. How a history or geography question goes. 1. 1. Ask when or where When did it happen? Show me the route. 2. 2. A timeline or a map opens In the Eddy tab, or in the Mac pill. 3. 3. Explore it Scroll, pan, zoom, tap an event or a place. 4. 4. Ask about what you found Why there? What happened next? ## See it where and when it happened. Dates and places stick better when you can see them next to each other: what came first, how far apart. That is what a timeline and a map are for, and why Eddy reaches for them in history and geography. The learning science behind it: [Draw it as you explain](https://duckyhelper.com/research/principles/draw-it-as-you-explain/). [History with DuckyHelper](https://duckyhelper.com/subjects/history/) ## How to use it ## Frequently asked questions ### Is there an interactive timeline for history homework? Yes. Ask DuckyHelper when something happened, or how one event led to another, and a scrollable timeline opens with its eras marked. Tap any event to see its picture. It works in the Eddy tab and in the Mac pill. ### Can it show me a route on a map? Yes. Ask show me Magellan's route, or the Silk Road, and a world map opens with the route drawn and pins on the places. You can pan, zoom and tap the map, and countries can be highlighted. ### Where do the pictures and facts come from? Knowledge cards use real photos and text from Wikipedia and list their sources. Events on a timeline open with their picture. Eddy's own labelled pictures say what they are in their (i), with the source credit. ### Does it work on a school Chromebook? Not right now: DuckyHelper is a Mac app (macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon). There is no Chromebook or web version. On a Mac, maps and timelines open on Eddy's desk in the Eddy tab, and knowledge cards and word cards in the pill. ## More features ### Ask out loud and hear the answer: press fn on a Mac, or talk to Eddy in the app's Eddy tab Ask DuckyHelper out loud and it answers out loud while it shows you the steps. On your Mac, press fn in any app, or talk to Eddy in its tab. ### Write your working and get it checked line by line, or answer a quick check on Eddy's whiteboard Write your working and DuckyHelper checks it: the first wrong line marked with why on a Mac, and Eddy's whiteboard for a quick drawing or check. ### Say quiz me: tap, type math or answer true or false, and every miss comes with why Say quiz me and DuckyHelper writes a quick quiz on what you are learning: tap, type math or answer true or false, and every miss comes with why. ### Worked steps, one move each, that you can keep, and graphs you can hover, zoom and slide Ask DuckyHelper to work it out and get worked steps, one move each, plus graphs you can hover, zoom and change with sliders. Keep the steps as a note. ### Small sandboxes you run yourself: drag the ball, move a slider, read the numbers Ask DuckyHelper to show you how a pendulum, a projectile or a circuit works and get a small sandbox to run yourself: drag, change a slider, read the numbers. ### It asks back and gives the next hint before an answer, so you do the thinking DuckyHelper asks back and gives the next hint before it gives an answer, so you do the thinking. Why that matters, and how it works on a Mac and in Eddy. ## Keep reading ### History: labelled pictures, maps, timelines and sources you can check An AI history tutor that shows the past: labelled pictures, maps and timelines you can explore, and sources read with you and cited. In the DuckyHelper Mac app. ### A picture made for your question, labelled as Eddy explains; tap any part to ask about it Ask Eddy to show you and a picture made for your question comes into focus, labelled as Eddy explains. Tap any part to ask about it, or change it. ### Download DuckyHelper for Mac: what you need, what it asks for and why Get DuckyHelper for Mac: download it, drag it to Applications, sign in and press fn. Needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. ### Every DuckyHelper feature: what it does, where it runs, and a short film of each What DuckyHelper for Mac does: Eddy teaches out loud on a blackboard, and Ducky sees your screen, draws on it and walks you through your own apps. ## Ask when, or where Open the Eddy tab, or press fn on your Mac, and ask when it happened. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) [See what it does](https://duckyhelper.com/features/) The Mac app needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. There is no Chromebook, Windows or web version right now.