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Interactive Games and Lessons


Learning history doesn't have to be all about reading textbooks and watching drab documentaries.
Here at ActiveHistory, interactive games add a completely new dimension to your history studies!

The list below is just a selection of some of the most popular activities
To search by topic / period, click here.

 

Historical WordShoot
Test your reflexes as well as your knowledge in this fun new quiz!

General

Interview Adolf Hitler!  
 
Interview the German dictator face to face!

 

Splat!
How many historical characters can you splat in 60 seconds?!

Fling the Teacher!
Answer 15 questions correctly on your chosen topic and send the teacher hurtling to his doom!

 

The Dating Game!
Can you earn yourself a date with a gorgeous celebrity with your historical knowledge?

Play your Dates Right!
Test your knowledge of historical topics of your choice in this fun new game!

  Year 7
(age 11-12 years)

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The Battle for the throne: 1066
A role play game as King Harold - will you survive the challenges to your throne?

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Time Machine journey to the Middle Ages!
Explore a medieval town and village trying to find the missing pieces of your time machine!

 

The Murder of Archbishop Becket!
Develop skills of sourcework analysis with this activity.
(Yr 7)

Who Killed King William Rufus?
Analyse and categorise the evidence to solve this medieval mystery!

  

Who was the greatest monarch of the Middle Ages?
A comparative exercise designed by students at Wolverhampton Grammar

Bayeux Tapestry Matching quiz
Piece together the story of the Battle of Hastings in this self-marking exercise

   Year 8
(age 12-13 years)

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Have a one-to-one with King Henry VIII!
A unique opportunity to have a chat with the great man himself!

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Don't lose your head!
A decision making game as King Charles I - can you avoid dragging England into a Civil War?

    

What is the message of 'The Ambassadors'?
Analyse this mysterious Tudor painting and decide for yourself!

The Tudor Portrait Mystery
What is the message of the deathbed painting of Henry VIII?

 

Who was the greatest character of the Renaissance?
An structured investigation based around projects produced by students

 

Are you a Lutheran or a Catholic?
An online simulation. There is also a follow-up lesson plan and worksheet.

   Year 9
(age 13-14 years)

Coalbrookdale interactive database
Learn about social conditions in 19th Century Britain in a unique, interactive way!

 

Kings and Queens: Charles I to George II
Learn about monarchs you may never otherwise have met!

 

The Home Front in World War Two!
How successfully would you have been as a wartime leader of Britain?

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A Victorian Entrepreneur?
Do you have what it takes to succeed in the tough world of Victorian business?

 
   GCSE
(age 14-16 years)

Interview Adolf Hitler!  
 
Interview the German dictator face to face!
An award winning activity!

How to Analyse Cartoons: 1919-39
Designed specifically for GCSE revision!

    

Old Wulfrunians who died in WW1
An interactive memorial, complete with tasks.

What caused the Bolshevik Revolution?
Improves your understanding of cause and effect.

    

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Can you survive the Wall Street Crash?
Play the stock market and see if you make your fortune!

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How would you have run the League of Nations?
Be in role as an ambitious civil servant on the make!

    

What Caused World War Two?
An interactive guide which will also develop your essay writing skills

New Liberalism, New Britain!
 - An interactive decision making game to help teach the British Depth Study at GCSE

    

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Can you save the Weimar Republic?
How would you have handled the trials and tribulations of post-war Germany?

World War One Summary Pages
Complete with activities.

    

Life in the Trenches: Simulation
An decision making game, complete with worksheets and activities.

Undercover in Nazi Germany!
Learn all about the Third Reich as you go on a mission to blow up Hitler!

    

The Strange Death of Emily Davison
Did she really intend to commit suicide in 1913?

    

Vietnam War Simulation
Develop your knowledge and understanding of this key topic with this interactive adventure

 

Virtual Interview with Martin Luther King, Jr!
A major new project in which Martin Luther King answers questions in his own words!

    

 

 

GCSE Modern World History:
Sourcework Tips

Some useful pointers to consider!

    
   AS/A2
(age 16-18 years)

Interactive Adventure as Henry VII!
How would you fare as an Early Modern ruler?

The Field of the Cloth of Gold
An interactive investigation of a famous Tudor painting.

  

What are your Political Beliefs?
An interactive decision making game: are you left or right-wing?!

Should we reform the Electoral System?
An interactive decision making game, complete with worksheet.

  

Virtual Field Trip: The Ottoman Empire
 
Can you survive the rough and tumble?

At the court of Edward VI!
Can you survive the ups and downs of Tudor politics?

  

 

 

What is History all about?
An engaging introductory activity designed to get you thinking about the nature and purpose of history.

  

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