Model Essay: How successful were Johnson’s Great Society reforms? An essay written in timed conditions by Russel Tarr, author of this website.
Category: Historiography
TOK in History – stimulus questions grid
The following grid outlines the main Ways of Knowing identified in the TOK history syllabus, along with the specified areas for consideration with regard to History in particular. These are laid out in a grid with a question provided which covers all possible crossover discussion points. Useful for classroom stimulus and ideas for how to…
Convert a teacher’s essay into a History magazine article
Overview It’s always good practice for teachers to write a timed essay at the same time, and in the same conditions, as their students. In this way students can immediately appreciate that you can ‘walk the walk’ and not just ‘talk the talk’. Moreover, they will then be able to compare their essays, and the…
Student-friendly Sourcework Rubric
Student-friendly Sourcework Rubric This rubric provides a student-friendly mark scheme and tips for structuring each of the answers for the IB Sourcework Paper. For example: [Sourcework Rubric]
Rise and rule of authoritarian states: IB History Paper 2 sample question generator
Rise and rule of authoritarian states: IB History Paper 2 sample question generator This tool is designed to help teachers and students prepare for the IB Paper 2 exam by generating possible questions to practice and discuss. It is based on the command terms and syllabus bullet points provided in the IB syllabus. Use this…
Remembrance Day: Debating the Issues: The De Bono Method
Debating the Issues: The De Bono Method Starting with a teacher’s introductory PowerPoint, “The teacher will take the role of someone with a ‘Green Hat’. They will choose (or ask the class to vote on) one of a range of ‘Discussion Points’ and each person in the class will be given a number between 2-5…
Remembrance Day: Consequences of War
Consequences of War A stand-alone worksheet version of an activity available on the web in which students compare the results of a large range of wars to compare, contrast and conclude regarding the most likely effects of a war for modern society. Part of a comprehensive set of materials designed for every year group to…
Remembrance Day: Red Poppy, White Poppy, both or neither?
For Year 12/13. The Nature of Remembrance: The White Poppy / Red Poppy Debate “Although Remembrance Day is an established day on the international calendar, there remains a great deal of debate about what exactly we should “Remember”. People who wear the Red Poppy have one opinion, and those who wear the White Poppy have…
Niall Ferguson: ‘What would the left wing do without me?’
He's the media don who makes liberals bristle. Now Niall Ferguson is rewriting economics. He talks to Sean O'Grady about banking in the Third Reich, the failure of Obama and how he's helping Michael Gove
BBC News – History, with rose-tinted hindsight
Why rewrite history books – to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative for the good of the nation, asks David Cannadine in his Point of View column.
