Interactive Running Dictation. This first example is on the subject of the Storming of the Bastille, and develops note-taking skills by bombarding them with a series of fast-moving news feeds accompanied by illustrations. I’d welcome members’ feedback on this activity – could it be improved? what other topics would lend themselves well to this approach?
Author: Russel Tarr
TES Article by RJ Tarr of ActiveHistory
FREE: TES Article: Every Picture Tells a Story Article by RJT published in the TES Teacher magazine [full article]. In the same edition, Becky Hewlitt’s article on History and Numeracy described the the ActiveHistory Wall Street Crash Simulation in these terms: “…We then begin to look at the Wall Street Crash using a superb interactive…
Remembrance Day: ActiveHistory at the top of The Guardian’s website list!
ActiveHistory tops Guardian Education section’s “Critic’s Choice” list for Remembrance Day! FREE: The ActiveHistory “Life in the Trenches” Simulation is described in the following terms: “…a wonderful simulation of life in the trenches…it covers what life was like for the ordinary soldier – such aspects as food, lice, trench-foot, censorship and poison gas. There are…
Report Writing Wizard
The ActiveHistory Report Wizard A brand-new application which enables teachers – with a few clicks of a mouse button – to create eloquent student reports in continuous prose. Totally customisable, with a built in thesaurus, it could possibly save your hours of work! Member feedback on this new project is particularly welcome – the more…
Stalin’s Soviet Union: Quizzes
A2 New Wordshoot Quiz The Purges in the Era of Stalin New Worksheets Stalin’s Terror: What were the effects? Stalin’s Terror: The Process Winds Down
What were the causes and effects of the Dissolution of the Monasteries?
The Henrician Reformation What were the causes and effects of the dissolution of the monasteries?
The League of Nations
New WorksheetThe League of Nations How was the League of Nations organised?
Reformation Woodcuts
Uploaded a brand new interactive exercise about Reformation Woodcuts, complete with Worksheet.
Stalin and the USSR – A-Level / IB History
The Soviet Union Stalin’s Terror: Causal Links, illustrated with examples Stalin’s Terror: Who Killed Sergei Kirov? Stalin’s Terror: The Show Trials – Overview Stalin’s Terror: The Show Trials – What was said?
International Relations 1919-39: Decision Making Game
League of Nations in the 1920’s Decision making game complete with worksheet.
The Henrician Reformation: Work sheets and resources
The Henrician Reformation Opposition to the Schism Sourcework: Opposition to the Schism The development of Parliament in the reign of Henry VIII The Reformation in Europe Erasmus and Humanism Other key humanists
Economic Modernisation in the USSR under Stalin
New WordShoot Quiz – The Soviet Union Economic Modernisation in the USSR under Stalin
Stalin and Communism: Work sheets for A-Level and IB History
USSR under Stalin What were Stalin’s Economic Objectives? Collectivisation: Theory and Practice 27/09/04 A2 New Worksheet – USSR under Stalin How successful was the policy of collectivisation? 25/09/04 A2 New Worksheets – USSR under Stalin Stalin and Industrialisation How successful were the 5-Year Plans?
The Henrician Reformation
A new interactive “Wordshoot” history quiz
Medicine Through Time
A new interactive “Wordshoot” quiz
The Lutheran Reformation
A new interactive “Wordshoot” history quiz
Introduction to 16th Century European History
map and worksheet activity, with history lesson plan.
Theological arguments during the Reformation
A full-length article I wrote for History Review magazine, complete with an accompanying history lesson plan.
The Development of Luther’s thought: Timeline exercise
In this history lesson pack, students use a timeline of Martin Luther’s life and career to organise the development of his theology in a worksheet which follows a thematic format.
Analysis of Catholic and Lutheran Theology: The Thorny Issues
A history lesson plan and worksheet in which the class is divided into two groups to consider some of the more thorny questions which both sides were forced to answer.
Causes of the Lutheran Reformation: Humanism
A new history worksheet and lesson plan.
Causes of the European Reformation: The printing press
History lesson plan and worksheet.
Causes of the Reformation: The Condition of Germany
A new history lesson plan and worksheet.
Causes of the Lutheran Reformation: Overview
Considers 4 key ideas – the printing press, humanism, the condition of Germany, heresy and anticlericalism
Reformation Terminology: Word List and Quiz
Students fill the history worksheet in (a teacher copy is provided) and then this forms the basis of a hotseat quiz.
Causes of the Lutheran Reformation: Heresy and Anticlericalism
A new history lesson plan and worksheet.
25 Years Ago Today (10th Jan. 1987): Terry Wait Kidnapped
Terry Waite, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s special envoy in the Middle East, was kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon while on a peace mission to negotiate the release of hostages. (Released November 1991)
Roots of the Cold War: Ideas (Ideological Differences)
Students complete each sentence in the table by trying to explain how capitalist / communist ideas could be defended, then produce an diagram / poster designed to illustrate the main differences between capitalism and communism.
