Archive for the ‘History Teachers’ Category

Harvard Author-Reference Generator - Google Gadget

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Type the title and / or author of a book, and get a professional Harvard-Author Date reference for your essays. Add it to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage.

ActiveHistory Updates - Google Gadget

Monday, May 19th, 2008

A summary of the latest games, worksheets and activities added to the site. Add it to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage.

History Teachers’ Search Engine

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Only sites designed for teachers and students will be searched. Join up as a collaborator to add websites to the search engine! Add the search engine to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage.

Historical Quote of the Day: Google Gadget

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

An inspirational quote about history and historians, updated daily! Add it to your webpage or to your IGoogle homepage.

Edexcel is recruiting Examiners for GCE/GCSE History

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Edexcel is currently looking for History teachers to become examiners for the June 2008 summer examination series for mainly the following units:

Votes For Women
Italy 1848-1925
USA & China 1945-76
Life In Authoritarian Regime

Joining Edexcel’s Assessment Associate community offers an excellent opportunity to gain greater insight into the assessment of candidates as well as forming part of your continuous professional development. Whether you are marking traditionally or on-screen, our detailed standardisation programme ensures you are fully trained, as well as providing you with expert support throughout the marking period. If you are a current or newly qualified teacher, or PGCE student, this will enable you to enhance your expertise within the classroom and will assist you in preparing your students for their exams. We also welcome the wealth of experience that recently retired teachers can provide. Whichever stage of your teaching career you are at we are interested in hearing from you.

To find out more about our current vacancies and how to apply, as well as details regarding fees and benefits, please visit: www.edexcel.org.uk/aa-recruitment quoting reference: Activehis/Apr08

Jigsaw Diagram

Friday, April 11th, 2008

The Jigsaw template is designed to allow students to make connections between various factors in an engaging manner.

The “pieces” of the jigsaw can have text written into them. When they are dragged next to each other, they “snap” into place.

The pieces can be colour coded as appropriate.