I’ve just set up this Facebook page for ActiveHistory.co.uk to provide its users with another way of keeping on top of what’s being added to the site.

At the moment it’s just pulling in updates from the site blog, but I’m interested to see if the ability to comment on posts / start discussions turns out to be a useful feature.

A new resource for IGCSE history – Cuban Missile Crisis Sourcework Exercise.

A worksheet for IGCSE History on the Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Classroom Roleplay: The Trial of King Louis XVI
A one-hour lesson. The class is organised into prosecution, defence and judges and each one has a specific task to prepare for the trial. The roleplay itself is a lively activity which forces the students to think on their feet and critically evaluate the evidence prior to reaching a judgement.

At the International School of Toulouse, we’ve got a library of 150 or so feature films related to historical themes. The most frequently borrowed by students this year were as follows:

Most Frequently Borrowed
A Knight’s Tale (Medieval Warfare, Chivalry)
Marie-Antoinette (French Revolution)
Land and Freedom (Spanish Civil War)
Cinderella Man (The Great Depression)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Holocaust)
Sophie Scholl (Opposition to the Nazis)
Downfall (Fall of Hitler)
Valkyrie (Opposition to the Nazis)
Goodbye Lenin (Life in the Soviet Bloc)
The Lives of Others (Life in the Soviet Bloc)

A new worksheet for IGCSE history.