Archive for January, 2009

Alexander II: An Introduction

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Students consider accounts about the assassination of Tsar Alexander II to start considering why he was a figure who divides historical opinion.

Worst Jobs in History

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

A totally updated version of this interactive, self-contained game designed to teach students about some of the worst jobs available to young people in Victorian, Tudor and Middle Ages Britain.
Simply answer a series of questions about your personality and preferences, and get a full description of your perfect working-class job. A workheet is provided – a great way of spicing up a unit on the Industrial Revolution!

Create a Map of Imperial Russia

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

In this worksheet, students are given a list of cities, regions and natural features in Imperial Russia, a knowledge of which is essential for an understanding of the topic. They then have to produce a labelled, colour-coded map which they will be able to refer back to throoughout their studies.

World War One Simulation: Life in the Trenches

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

A brand new release of this popular decision-making game for GCSE History. In this game you will be a British soldier who joins the army in 1914 to fight the Germans. You will have to make decisions in tough circumstances. At the end you will be given a score. By playing this game you will learn about the conditions which soldiers lived and fought in, and the dangers they faced. There is a worksheet to go with this activity. EITHER print this off and write answers down in a book OR fill it in using a word processor and print it off when you have finished. You may wish to play the game through once without bothering with the worksheet, then go through for a second time getting the answers.

Political Quiz: Am I Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democract?

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

A new version of the comprehensive decision making exercise, with a facility for class results to be emailed as a batch to the teacher at the end of the session.

Castles Game

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

An updated version of the “Attack the Castle!” game for Year 7 Medieval Realms. A game of strategy: Spend your budget on your choice of features, then read a story of how your castle fares when faced with attack! In this new version, students are asked factual knowledge questions as they progress, and then their scores can be emailed in one message as a single batch of results to the teacher at the end of the lesson to put into the markbook.