Play Your Dates Right
New interactive quizzes uploaded using the new format:
The Life and
Career of William Ewart Gladstone, 1809-98
The Life and
Career of Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-81

The Spanish Armada
Running Dictation Exercise

Interactive
Running Dictation. This first example is on the subject of the
Storming of the Bastille, and develops note-taking skills by bombarding them
with a series of fast-moving news feeds accompanied by illustrations. I’d
welcome members’ feedback on this activity – could it be improved? what other topics would lend themselves well to this approach?

FREE:
TES Article: Every Picture Tells a Story
Article by RJT published in the TES Teacher magazine
[full article].
In the same edition, Becky Hewlitt’s article on History and Numeracy described the the ActiveHistory
Wall Street Crash Simulation
in these terms:
“…We then begin to look
at the Wall Street Crash using a superb interactive activity
from www.activehistory.co.uk.
Pupils choose whether to buy or sell shares or put their money in the bank as part of a re-enactment of the period. They record their decisions on the worksheet provided. As they record their gains and losses and keep an eye on interest rates there is a sense of excitement and competition over who can amass the biggest fortune. The twist is that they eventually
lose all their money whatever they do”.
[full article]

ActiveHistory tops Guardian Education section’s “Critic’s Choice” list for
Remembrance Day!
FREE:
The ActiveHistory
“Life in the Trenches” Simulation is described in the following terms: “…a wonderful simulation of life in the trenches…it covers what life was like for the ordinary soldier – such aspects as food, lice, trench-foot, censorship and poison gas. There are options to make particular decisions and terms used are explained. The simulation is well illustrated and will help pupils to understand what went on in the war and why casualties were so high” [full
article]

The ActiveHistory Report Wizard
A brand-new application which enables teachers – with a few clicks of a mouse button – to create eloquent student reports in continuous prose. Totally customisable, with a built in thesaurus, it could possibly save your hours of work!
Member feedback on this new project is particularly welcome – the more practical I can make it, the better!