Site Redesign Redesigned the AS Government and Politics Pages. AS Government and Politics: Pressure Groups AS Government and Politics: Pressure Groups Why do Pressure Groups succeed or fail? 1. What are the differences between parties and pressure groups? 2. Why is it sometimes so difficult to distinguish between parties and pressure groups? 3. How can…
Category: Historical Periods
The Catholic and Counter-Reformation: Worksheets
1. Introduction and Overview 2. The Papacy: Positive agents of reform? 3. The Council of Trent: (a) Background to the meetings 4. The Council of Trent: (b) The Decrees 5. The International Impact of the Counter-Reformation 6. Propaganda and Censorship in the Counter-Reformation
Medieval Castles: Interactive Simulation!
Castles: Defence and Attack 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 worksheet and extension activities.
Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union: History games
Economic Developments under Stalin High Stalinism: 1945-53Wordshoot Game: High Stalinism: 1945-53
Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev
Created a new page on Khrushchev and Brezhnev, and uploaded some worksheets: 1. Overview of the key figures Online exercises in Word Editable Timeline of Brezhnev’s Life The Brezhnev Era: “Big Sleep” or “Developed Communism”? [Synoptic] 1. Venn Diagram: Comparing Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev
GCSE Depth Study – Britain 1906-18 – Interactive resources
British Depth Study Jigsaw Table Exercise: The Defence of the Realm Act
“Bloody” Mary Tudor: Works sheets and lesson plans
Fresh worksheets and resources for teaching the subject of “Bloody” Mary Tudor: Timeline of the Reign The Issue of Marriage An introduction to Religious Policy Foreign Policy Government and Administration
Causes of the French Revolution: Interactive game
Decision Making Adventure Game: The Causes of the French Revolution Would you have been able to help Louis XVI keep his throne? A major interactive decision making game for use in the history classroom, complete with a worksheet. Just log students onto a computer, and away they go!
Women in World War One
GCSE Jigsaw Table Exercise Women in World War One
Khrushchev’s Economic Policies
A2 Jigsaw Table Exercise Khrushchev’s Economic Policies
Suffragettes, Suffragists and the Vote
GCSE British Depth Study, 1906-18: New worksheet What were the arguments for and against female suffrage? A combination of general points and primary sources – excellent follow up activity to the interactive exercise. Women and the Vote: Sourcework exercise Complete with markscheme.
England Under Protector Somerset
A2 England Under Protector Somerset – New worksheet Sourcework Exercise and Markscheme
USSR under Khrushchev: New worksheets
A2 USSR Under Khrushchev: New worksheets 3. De-Stalinisation 4. De-Stalinisation: Source Questions 5. Khrushchev: What sort of a man was he?
England under Protector Somerset and Edward VI
A2 England Under Protector Somerset – New worksheets and Resources: Interactive WordShoot Quiz England Under Protector Somerset Worksheets 1. Timeline of the Reign For reference / revision purposes. 2. Key Figures of the Reign Complete with a task. 3. Introduction: England in 1547 76kb 4. Somerset: Character and Style of Government…
Khrushchev: Early Career
Khrushchev: Early Career / Rise to Power Worksheet
John Calvin and Calvinism
Khrushchev: The “Secret Speech” of 1956 WorksheetCalvin and Calvinism – worksheets A negative introduction (pictorial propaganda) A positive introduction (hagiographical propaganda) Civil Government in Geneva Was Church and Civil Government in Geneva a strength or a weakness for Calvin?
Play Your Dates Right: Dating Game
Play Your Dates Right Code updated do that all the timelines can be printed off for revision prior to taking the quizzes.
The French Revolution: Worksheet unit
Yr8/9 Completed uploading the worksheet unit on The Causes of the French Revolution, designed to be taught over three weeks. The complete unit now looks like this: Interactive Exercises 1. Interactive Exercise By C. Warren at Rochester Girls’ Grammar 2. Interactive Running Dictation: The Fall of the Bastille An innovative activity designed to…
Head2Head Interview with Josef Stalin!
Head2Head Virtual Interview with Josef Stalin! A major new project: type questions and through artificial intelligence and a massive database, Stalin responds to your queries! With almost 200 responses, 150 suggested questions, and text-to-speech fully enabled, this promises to be a great addition to the site.
Time Machine Journey to Renaissance Florence
;Decision-Making Game: Time Machine Journey to Renaissance Florence A major new decision-making game: journey around the landscape of Renaissance Florence learning about the key events, characters and concepts of the period. Complete with a choice of four differentiated worksheets and a follow-up wordshoot quiz.
Gladstone and Disraeli: History Quizzes
Play Your Dates Right New interactive quizzes uploaded using the new format: The Life and Career of William Ewart Gladstone, 1809-98 The Life and Career of Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-81
The Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada Running Dictation Exercise
The Storming of the Bastille
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?
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…
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
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.
