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ActiveHistory provides educational, award-winning interactive simulations, decision-making games, self-marking quizzes, high-quality worksheets and detailed lesson plans for the school history classroom. All resources have been designed by full-time history teacher Russel Tarr.
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These consist not just of lesson plans, worksheets and teacher notes, but also multimedia lectures and interactive games and historical simulations ideal for remote learning and self-study.
World History teaching resources for the high school classroom: lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and simulation games for KS3, IGCSE, IB and A-Level teachers.
This study of castles and castle building ties in particularly well with a study of the Norman Conquest, the Cathars and / or Medieval Cathedral Building.
Castles: Defence and Attack! [Interactive]
A game of strategy: Spend your budget on your choice of features, then read a story of how your castle fares when faced with attack! Complete with a worksheet and extension activities. There's even a live 'leaderboard' to check the progress of your students!
Video / Worksheet: Carcassonne, Medieval Fortress
A worksheet to accompany an 18-minute video, with a link to an online version of the documentary. Ideal as a homework or an extension activity (or as a quiet lesson for the teacher!).
Castles - Quizzes [Interactive]
The following quizzes are a good way of testing factual knowledge after students have finished the simulation above.
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