Archive for the ‘Other’ Category

“Twister” – Create a “Tweet” from a fictional/historical character

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

This new template allows you to create fictional “status updates” that can then be printed off for display purposes. Students could be asked

* What are the most important people in this topic?
* What was their most important moment within the topic?
* What would their comment be about it?
* What particular keywords would they use within their comment?
* What hashtag could they maybe use at the end of the message?
* What nickname did they have / could we invent to use as their username?

UN Debate on Partition of the Middle East: Roleplay

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Three people in the class will be in role as members of the UN. They will have vote later on which of the proposals presented to them is the most likely to bring lasting peace to the region. The other members of the class are in role as Arabs & Jews. Each pair of people within these two groups needs to produce a partition proposal for the region. Using map resources they decide how to divide the region into Jewish, Palestinian, and International zones. These plans are then presented to the UN, who will vote on the best plan.

Truth about German diplomats’ collusion in Holocaust is revealed

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Senior officials were willing participants in the Nazi campaign, says report published yesterday

Wolfram Tones: A new way of creating music (RT @russeltarr)

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Ten Great Holocaust Films You May Have Missed

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
As the most barbaric event of the twentieth century, the Nazis' mass extermination of Jews during World War II has served as the basis of countless books, plays, and films over the past sixty years.

Michelangelo’s er..Tracey? – mirror.co.uk

Saturday, October 9th, 2010
elangelo's er..Tracey?