Students paste their essay into this interface and get a score based on how many keywords they have included. Excellent for ensuring topic coverage at first-draft phase.

I’ve just uploaded a template for a “Wanted” Poster which can be used to conclude the Year 9 unit on ““Who was Jack the Ripper?”

A 3-minute video I use to give Year 9 students an overview of the course.

Further materials for Year 9 options discussions can be found here.

After this starter activity based around a short story by Turgenev, I hand out a detailed handout outlining the growth of political opposition in the reign of Alexander. Students are encouraged to turn this into an illustrated mindmap. As an extension activity students could complete this worksheet based around Michael Bakunin’s “Catechism for a Revolutionist”

I’ve updated the Horatio Ramsbottom game with a simpler worksheet, a second test, a leaderboard and new questions.

I have relaunched the Tsar Alexander II page of the site to include some brand new worksheets and completed teacher notes for all aspects of the topic.