A student guide with some worksheet material, designed to develop essay-writing skills with GCSE / IGCSE History students.
Month: January 2007
GCSE / IGCSE Modern World History: How to approach structured questions
A step-by-step guide providing students with different strategies for approaching “describe, explain, assess” questions in the GCSE / IGCSE History examination.
Writing History Essays at Advanced Level
A teacher’s mark scheme, student advice and some practice exercises for developing history essay writing skills.
GCSE / IGCSE History Exam Skills: Causes of World War One
After marking my students’ IGCSE History mock exam answers, I put together this feedback session which I think they got a lot out of – basically, I wrote a whole raft of responses based around the describe / explain / assess format, and then students had to mark each response using a generic markscheme. It…
IB / A-Level History essay skills: Challenge the assumptions of the question!
This new page, using examples of student work from the International School of Toulouse, consists of a list of past paper questions, and examples of the ways in which students are able to challenge the “loaded assumptions” within them. These examples are taken from the IB History examination but the principle can be applied to…
IB History – Past Paper Questions
New questions from 2006 Paper 1, 2 and 3 added to IB History.
IB History – Source Work Advice
A new handout added to the IB History section of the website.
Stalin’s Economic Policies: Online Simulator!
I’ve been working over the Christmas holidays on a brand new simulation designed to teach students about Stalin’s Economic Policies: Soviet Economy Simulator I don’t know if you teach this subject, but with revision period coming up soon I thought you might find it useful – especially as it comes complete with a range of…
Stalin’s Henchmen
An updated version of the popular history quiz, complete with a brand new lesson plan and worksheet.
1066 and the Battle of Hastings: Quiz
New History quizzes covering the events of 1066 and all that – Wordshoot, Manic Miner and CannonBall Fun all available, great for an end of unit factual test!
