Archive for April, 2008

Social Conditions in the Countryside in Tsarist Russia

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Tsarist Russia under Nicholas IIFor IB / A-Level historians. A series of sources and questions outlining the state of agriculture at the time that Peter Stolypin became prime minister.

Jigsaw Diagram

Friday, April 11th, 2008

The Jigsaw template is designed to allow students to make connections between various factors in an engaging manner.

The “pieces” of the jigsaw can have text written into them. When they are dragged next to each other, they “snap” into place.

The pieces can be colour coded as appropriate.

Lights Out!

Friday, April 11th, 2008

This template allows you to load an image, then “turn the lights off” so that you can view just small sections of the image at a time.

It provides a great way of getting students to look more closely at an image.

Timeline Generator

Friday, April 11th, 2008

A timeline is a great way of getting students to select and summarise key events across a defined period. This activity allows them to do this simply and effectively, and to colour-code the events if they choose to do so. They can also add a background image before printing off their work and / or saving it as a webpage for the school intranet / website!

Historiography of the October Revolution of 1917

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Students consider the main questions which divide historians and form their own judgement on which answers they find the most convincing.

The Reign of Nicholas II (to 1905) [interactive]

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Tsarist Russia under Nicholas IIFor IB / A-Level historians. A “Fling the Teacher” quiz designed to test how much students have learned. Give 10 marks for the first person to finish, 9 for second place, and so on.