Archive for July, 2009

Causes of the English Civil War: Powerpoint lesson starter

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

A series of images and short textual points designed to generate student interest. What was the Civil War? Why is it important to study?

This resource can be found within this complete Key Stage 3 History Study Unit on the English Civil War.

Why did Germany and her Allies Lose the First World War?

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Essay Project: Linking and prioritising, writing up the essay
Students then use this worksheet to spot connections between the major themes rather than simply discuss each one in isolation.

Teachers to Follow on Twitter – #followthisteacher / #teachertuesday

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Before I was made aware of the excellent hashtag “#teachertuesday“, I created the Twitter hashtag #followthisteacher and invited people to recommend teachers worth following on Twitter. In the first 24 hours, this was the list of almost 200 names that was recommended by fellow educators.

If you COPY and PASTE this list of names into the MassTwitter Tool, you can follow them all at once…for more teachers I recommend you subscribe to the #teachertuesday hashtag by clicking here.

4goggas, a_armstrong, aaron_eyler, aforgrave, alicemercer, andycinek, angelamaiers, annehodg, aoakes4, Ariellah, ashleygarner, baded, barbaram, bbcrtc, bengrey, benhazzard, bethstill, bookminder, braddo, BradnDeedo, Bud_T, burcuakyol, canyonsdave, carruthersdavid, cburell, cfanch, chrischampion, chrism, cindybrock, cliotech, cmcauley, CoachAllam, colleteamber, comicsteacher, concretekax, coolcattteacher, courosa, csratliff, cwebbtech, dajbelshaw, danikabarker, dansmath, datruss, dcox21, delorenzo, derekrobertson, dianadell, didactylos, dkuropatwa, DocGrawitch, dogtrax, dougpete, dpeter, eabbey, educations, elanghorst, ellsbeth, englishcomp, etalbert, farroutlinks, FionaAS, fmeichel, Fouss, fryed

gippopippo, glassbeed, gmcustodio, highfieldmom, hokiepsych, infodivabronx, irasocol, jackiegerstein, jalzen, jameshollis, janesmith, JasonFlom, jasonschmidt123, jdeyenberg, jenwagner, jerridkruse, jmiglior, johart, joshcook, jutecht, kalinagoenglish, KarenJan, kathycassidy, kathyfavazza, kdwashburn, kellyhines, kentmanning, KirstenWinkler, Komputer_normal, kontinent, kyteacher, langwitches, laroncarter, larryferlazzo, lasic, leewin, lekahe, lellerloula, lizalee, lizbdavis, lthumann, lucaskent, maggiev, marciamarcia, markw29, marygkay, MaryKG, marynabadenhors, mathheadinc, mctownsley, melisangel, mikepoluk, MindShareLearn, missmarista, MissShonah, mrbalcom, mrrobbo, mrstg, mscofino, msmithpds, mtechman, mtechman, murcha, mwclarkson, n2teaching, nchsucla, nealchambers, neilstephenson, nextgenlearning, npratt, nstone, ntoft, pammoran

paulbogush, paulrwood, pbeens, pdonaghy, pepepacha, PeterHilts, PhilCharp, philhart, plugusin, porchester, primarylp, principalspage, qdsouza, rafael_parente, rashkath, rdelorenzo, redfearn, reed_man, Riette_roos, rmbyrne, robyncs, rogerlem, russeltarr, sadone, sanmccarron, scmorgan, sethdickens, shannoninottawa, sharsumtek, shawnleaffan, ShellTerrell, silverchirps, spedteacher, Stipling, suewaters, SuzanneWhisler, tagmirror, tamaslorincz, tbrewster, teachakidd, teachandlearn, teachernz, teachpaperless, thecleversheep, TheEngTeacher, TheEngTeacher, threebee, timisusually, tipsbytony, tombarrett, tonnet, tonyvincent, towns0304, trreed, twowhizzy, w2YDAvid, willie42, windsordi, zbpipe

Who Killed King William Rufus?

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Analyse and categorise the evidence to solve this medieval mystery!

End of Topic Debate: Was William the Conqueror a Hero or a Villain?

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

The class is divided into two groups to debate the key question in the format of a courtroom trial.

Classroom Posters – the 20th Century

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

From the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, through to Boris Yeltsin making a fool of himself after too much vodka: 27 posters highlighting key events caught on the camera in the 20th Century.

A full set of poster resources can be found on this page.