Archive for September, 2008

Life on the Slave Plantations [1] – Slave Narratives

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Students are placed in role as a real-life slave and read a first-person narrative from this sourcepack. They are then interviewed by the class, who records their findings in an attempt to determine the sorts of punishments inflicted for different types of “crimes” on the slave plantations.

Causes of Spanish Civil War: Conclusion

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Students use this worksheet to summarise – and then crucially to connect – the various factors relating to the Origins of the Spanish Civil War. They are then given advice on how to structure an essay.

Runaway Slave Advertisements

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

This PowerPoint displays a series of advertisements for runaway slaves. Students are encouraged to read through each to deduce the sorts of conditions that slaves had to endure

The Spanish Second Republic

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

A worksheet in which students are given detailed information about The Spanish Second Republic and then asked to analyse it in various ways.