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Create a Fake Facebook Profile

Russel Tarr — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:38:25 +0000

I’ve just completed a major overhaul of “Fakebook” – a tool for creating Fake Facebook profiles with your students. It’s great for getting students to create profiles of historical and literary characters and events, for example. Try it out here!

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Causes of the Spanish Civil War: Summary and suggested linkage

Russel Tarr — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:59:26 +0000

Causes of the Spanish Civil War: Summary and suggested linkage: A summary diagram for revision purposes.

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Causes of World War One: What was Responsible?:

Russel Tarr — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:58:28 +0000

Causes of World War One: What was Responsible?: An analysis grid which moves towards linking and prioritising the various factors that caused World War One. Students are invited to complete the blank cells using their own knowledge.

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Causes of World War One – Who was Responsible?

Russel Tarr — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:57:50 +0000

Causes of World War One – Who was Responsible?: A summary grid for revision purposes.

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Causes of Wars – Comparisons and Contrasts

Russel Tarr — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:56:19 +0000

Causes of Wars – Comparisons and Contrasts: Students are provided with detailed information about the causes of three major wars in the form of a grid, broken down into key themes (political, economic, etc). Their task is to complete the grid by providing further examples of other wars that they have studied and try to make some overall observations. Specific instructions for how students should feed back to the rest of the class are provided in this PowerPoint Slide. A completed teacher version is also available.

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Causes, Practices, Effects of War – Overview of Past IB History Questions

Russel Tarr — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:54:30 +0000

Overview of Past Questions: Students are asked to collate a list of past paper questions from the most recent examination papers, to categorise these into causes, practices and effects questions, and offer some initial observations on the sorts of demands made by each.

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A comprehensive list of useful topic quotes for the IB History Syllabus

Russel Tarr — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:52:24 +0000

Using Key Quotes: A series of short, memorable quotes relating to the key topics being studied. Students have to reflect on how they may best be used in the examination.

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The October Revolution: Popular Uprising, or Coup d’Etat?

Russel Tarr — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:37:27 +0000

Historiography Handouts with Associated Tasks – The October Revolution: Popular Uprising, or Coup d’Etat?

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Essential Historiographical Terms for IB

Russel Tarr — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:51:27 +0000

Essential Historiographical Terms for IB: A condensed, one-sided summary sheet defining clearly and with examples such historiographical terms as Determinism, Accidentalism, Intentionalism, Structuralism.

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Analysing IB History Essay Question ‘Command Terms’

Russel Tarr — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:47:55 +0000

The examiner is very keen that students demonstrate a clear understanding of central terms when they are used in essay questions. In this activity, students work in pairs then as a class to design a clear definition of such key terms as ‘Guerilla Warfare’ and ‘Totalitarianism’. The worksheet uses the examples of Stalin and Mao but others could just as easily be used. Some teacher notes are also available.

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Modern World History Facebook Fanpage

Russel Tarr — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:49:46 +0000

The Modern World History Facebook Fanpage provides daily quotes, revision tips and recommended websites – if you’re a student currently revising for GCSE/IGCSE Modern World History, you might want to join up!

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Practical Technologies for the Classroom – Facebook Group

Russel Tarr — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:47:36 +0000

Following on from the successful conference which took place at my school on 30th March, I’ve set up a Facebook Group for Practical Technologies in the Classroom. Teachers are invited to sign up to share and exchange ideas!

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IB History Curriculum Map

Russel Tarr — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:45:31 +0000

I’ve updated my IB History Curriculum Map to reflect the way I currently teach the syllabus. I’m always changing things around but this approach is how I’m currently doing the course with my Year 12 students.

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Transatlantic Slave Trade – new resources

Russel Tarr — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:13:21 +0000

I have just completed teaching the transatlantic slave trade to my Year 9 students. “The Apprentice” roleplay was a particular highlight and I’ve uploaded some new resources to the main page, in particular a new PowerPoint getting students to think about logos, slogans and brand names and a streamlined tasksheet for the Apprentice roleplay exercise.

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Archive of #historyteacher tweets – now fully searchable!

Russel Tarr — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:20:19 +0000

I have now added a ’search’ feature to the full archive of #historyteacher tweets from Twitter – check it out here.

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