Archive for March, 2007

The Yalta Conference: Classroom Role Play!

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

The class re-enacts the debates at Yalta by dividing into three groups and campaigning to get their voices heard on key issues. A great way of familiarising students with the differences of opinion between the Big 3.

Berlin Blockade Interactive Newsfeed

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

A new Interactive Running Dictation Exercise for GCSE History.

The Yalta Conference: Photographs as evidence

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Students compare several photographs of the Big Three at Yalta, and produce a newspaper headline to accompany each one highlighting how different pictures can create sharply differing impressions.

Roots of the Cold War: Events (Historical Differences)

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Students produce a “chat show” dialogue between a communist and a capitalist using the events in a timeline that is provided; each speaker will have a biased interpretation. As an extension, students produce a “living graph” using www.classtools.net.