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DATE |
Year group |
Resource added to the website by RJT
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| 30/08/05 |
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Uploaded a new Medicine Through Time game to Wordshoot; CannonBall Fun and Manic Miner
Developed the Manic Miner Game to make the initial levels a little easier after feedback from members. |
| 25/08/05 |
- |
New and improved High Score board added to Wordshoot; CannonBall Fun and Manic Miner.
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| 15/08/05 |
- |
Uploaded a new batch of quizzes to Wordshoot; CannonBall Fun and Manic Miner:
Year 7: Castles
Year 8/9: The French Revolution
GCSE: The Cold War, c.1945-1989
GCSE: Medicine Through Time (2 sets of questions)
GCSE: Crime and Punishment
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| 10/08/05 |
- |
Adapted all of the CannonBall Games to make them fully compatible in Firefox, Safari and Opera Browsers |
| 01/08/05 |
- |
Uploaded automatic "Hall of Fame" feature to the Manic Miner Game. |
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26/07/05 |
- |
Added a brand new "Hall of Fame" feature to the
Wordshoot quizzes; this
will update automatically and provide an element of competition to the
game. It will be extended to the
CannonBall Games
and the
Manic
Miner Games next week if it is clearly working well. |
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23/07/05 |
- |
Spent a couple of days making sure that the
Manic Miner Games and
the Wordshoot Quizzes
are fully compatible with the Firefox Browser. |
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12/07/05 |
- |
Uploaded fresh "Manic Miner" games:
The Tudors
The
Reformation
Crime and Punishment
The Middle East
International Relations in the 1920s
International Relations in the 1930s
Medicine Through Time
England in the Era of Cardinal Wolsey
The Renaissance
The European Reformation:
Key Terminology
The Ottoman Empire in the Era of Suleiman the Magnificent
Russia under Alexander II
Russia under Alexander III
Russia
under Nicholas II
The Labour Party: Origins and Development
Chemical
Symbols
Chemistry: Year
11 Revision |
|
11/07/05 |
- |
Uploaded fresh "Manic Miner" games:
The Era of World War
Two
Jack the Ripper
The English
Civil War
The
Renaissance
The Treaty of
Versailles
Life in the
Trenches
The Liberal
Governments, 1906-18
International
Relations, 1919-39
The Causes of
the Protestant Reformation
The Life of
Martin Luther
Referenda
and Democracy
Pressure Groups
Political
Parties
Germany in the
Era of Bismarck
The
Soviet Economy under Stalin
Stalin's
Purges
The USSR,
c.1945-1953
The USSR
c.1953-1980
The
Henrician Reformation to 1532
The
Henrician Reformation to 1536
England under
Protector Somerset |
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05/07/05 |
- |
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Manic
Miner
A new game: based on arcade platform games, a new way of learning
history!
The sample game is on Nazi Germany - please offer some
feedback! |
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17/06/05 |
- |
Updated the "Head to Head" profanity check code to prevent it being
blocked by school servers. |
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14/06/05 |
- |
ActiveHistory Report Writing
Wizard
A major new application - updated and amended - to help teachers write
history reports. Is this Holy Grail of history application?! |
|
07/06/05 |
A2 |
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24/05/05 |
AS |
Collapsible Revision Notes
The
Spread of the Reformation Complete with worksheet |
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20/05/05 |
AS |
Collapsible Revision Notes
Calvin and
Calvinism Complete with worksheet. |
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16/05/05 |
AS |
Collapsible Revision Notes
Causes of the Reformation |
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15/05/05 |
A2 |
Tsarist and Soviet Russia
Economic
Developments, c.1881-1983: A synoptic activity complete with a
worksheet. |
|
10/05/05 |
Yr9 |
The Middle East Conflict
5 Possible
Outcomes - a new worksheet.Jigsaw-Table Exercise
Possible outcomes of the Middle East Conflict |
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05/05/05 |
AS |
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04/05/05 |
AS |
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Castle Builder |
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Updated the scoring system following visitor feedback to make
the game more accurate |
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03/05/05 |
AS |
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28/04/05 |
AS |
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27/04/05 |
AS |
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27/04/05 |
AS |
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26/04/05 |
A2 |
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26/04/05 |
A2 |
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25/04/05 |
AS |
Devolution in the
UK
A workpack designed to be printed off and used in the classroom. |
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24/04/05 |
GCSE |
Why did Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany?
A complete one-hour lesson plan, designed to be used with
this PowerPoint Presentation and
this interactive
quiz. |
|
23/04/05 |
Year 9 |
The Middle East
Uploaded a new
Interactive Timeline and
Timeline Worksheet. |
|
22/04/05 |
A2 |
Philip II: Worksheets
Philip II's
Foreign Policy (2)
The Dutch Revolt*Courtesy of Richard Fitzsimmons |
|
22/04/05 |
A2 |
A2 Modern History
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|
21/04/05 |
GCSE |
Uploaded another 50 questions and answers to the
Interactive Chat with
Josef Stalin based on user feedback (and the fact that I am half way
through Montefiore's 'Court of the Red Tsar!). |
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16/4/05 |
- |
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General
Election 2005
An interactive questionnaire which tells you how you should probably be
voting at the next election! |
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9/4/05 |
Yr 7 |
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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. |
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26/03/05 |
AS / A2 |
New Editable Worksheet Resources on Philip II
*All courtesy of Richard Fitzsimmons |
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23/03/05 |
AS / A2 |
New Editable Worksheet Resources on Charles V
New Editable Worksheet Resources on Elizabeth I
*All courtesy of Richard Fitzsimmons |
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22/03/05 |
AS |
AS Government and
Politics: Pressure Groups
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21/03/05 |
AS |
AS Government and
Politics: Pressure Groups
Why do Pressure Groups succeed or fail? |
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18/03/05 |
AS |
Site Redesign
Redesigned the AS Government and Politics Pages.AS Government and
Politics: Pressure Groups
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14/03/05 |
AS |
Site Redesign
Started to redesign the European Reformation pages to fit in with the new
site design.The Catholic and Counter-Reformation: Worksheets
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07/03/05 |
A2 |
CannonBall Fun Games:
Economic
Developments under Stalin
High Stalinism:
1945-53Wordshoot Game:
High Stalinism:
1945-53 |
|
03/03/05 |
GCSE |
British Depth Study
Jigsaw
Table Exercise: The Defence of the Realm Act |
|
03/03/05 |
A2 |
A. Created a new page on Khrushchev and Brezhnev, and uploaded some
worksheets: Brezhnev
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 |
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03/03/05 |
A2 |
B.
Redesigned the Mary Tudor page and uploaded fresh worksheet resources:
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|
28/02/05 |
- |
BRAND NEW GAME LAUNCHED: "CANNONBALL
FUN!"
A game to test skills and knowledge - can you get into the Hall of Fame?
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|
28/02/05 |
- |
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NEW CANNON GAME
I am in the process of developing this game - I am trialling two so far:
Nazi Germany
The USSR 1945-53
I would very much welcome
feedback on these: are they too easy? too hard? title for the game?
background images? |
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09/02/05 |
- |
Virtual Interview
with Josef Stalin
Amended the program to respond to 30 more questions submitted by users. |
|
16/02/05 |
Yr 9 |
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09/02/05 |
A2 |
Jigsaw Table Exercise
England Under Northumberland |
|
08/02/05 |
GCSE |
Jigsaw Table Exercise
Women in World War One |
|
07/02/05 |
A2 |
Jigsaw Table Exercise
Khrushchev's Economic Policies |
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02/02/05 |
A2 |
England Under Protector Somerset - New worksheet
Sourcework
Exercise and Markscheme |
|
01/02/05 |
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. |
|
31/01/05 |
A2 |
USSR Under Khrushchev: New worksheets
3. De-Stalinisation
4.
De-Stalinisation: Source Questions
5. Khrushchev: What
sort of a man was he?
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|
30/01/05 |
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
86kb
5.
Somerset:
Foreign Policy
85kb
6.
Somerset:
Religious Policy
109kb
7.
Somerset:
Sourcework and Markscheme on Religious Policy
124kb
8.
Somerset:
Economic Policy
121kb
9.
Somerset: The
1549 Rebellions
67kb
10.
Somerset:
Conclusion and Debate
91kb
11.
Factual Test:
England under Protector Somerset
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|
25/01/05 |
A2 |
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? |
|
23/01/05 |
A2 |
Khrushchev: Early Career
/ Rise to Power
Worksheet |
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18/01/05 |
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Play Your Dates Right
Code updated do that all the timelines can be printed off for revision prior
to taking the quizzes. |
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16/01/05 |
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Running Dictation Exercises:
The Middle East
Conflict
The Latter Stages
of World OneWordshoot Quiz
"High Stalinism":
Politics and Culture |
|
07/01/05 |
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:
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|
03/01/05 |
GCSE |
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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. |
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02/01/05 |
Yr 8 |
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17/12/04 |
Yr 8 |
The Spanish Armada
Running Dictation Exercise |
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16/12/04 |
- |
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 |
|
13/12/04 |
- |
Start made on developing the "Stalin Chat" (50
preliminary questions added to his brain);
Half a dozen more "Play
your dates Right" quizzes uploaded:
Hitler and the
Nazis, 1889-1945
The European
Reformation, c.1480-1560
German
Nationalism, 1805-53
Medicine
Through Time, c.800-1981
The
American West, 1803-1890
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|
6/12/04 |
Yr9 |
Interactive
running dictation exercise: The Flight to Varennes |
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6/12/04 |
- |
Play Your Dates Right
Three new quizzes uploaded using the new
format:
The Industrial
Revolution 1700-1850
The Industrial
Revolution 1850-1969
USA: Divided Union
c.1941-1975 |
|
5/12/04 |
- |
Play Your Dates Right:
New version of the game launched - quicker downloading time, rewritten
quizzes, new sound effects, each quiz now hosted uniquely on its own page.
Hall of fame, race against the clock feature and other stuff to follow soon! |
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30/11/04 |
Yr9 |
Uploaded a new
Interactive
Running Dictation Exercise: The Great Patriotic War |
|
29/11/04 |
Yr9 |
My laptop was stolen last week, so no new
updates for a little while(!) but I'm now working on a new section on the
French Revolution. So far there
are three worksheets; it will be building up over the coming weeks as I
teach it for the first time with my Year 9 set:
The Three
Estates - A worksheet designed to be used as a 'back to
back' exercise in the classroom.
Louis XVI - A good
King? A good man? both? neither?!
Marie-Antoinette -
Was she even more of a liability than her husband? |
|
22/11/04 |
Yr9 |
Launched a new activity - the
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? |
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19/11/04 |
GCSE |
Completed site redesign for main GCSE topic
menu pages (Great War, International Relations 1919-39, Weimar and Nazi
Germany, Cold War, Russian Revolution, British Depth Study). |
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16/11/04 |
AS |
New Wordshoot Quiz
The Causes of the
Lutheran Reformation |
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14/11/04 |
A2 |
New Wordshoot Quiz
The Henrician
Reformation to 1536 |
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12/11/04 |
- |
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 activity
from www.activehistory.co.uk.
Pupils choose whether to buy or sell shares or put their money in the bank
as part of a re-enactment of the period. They record their decisions on the
worksheet provided. As they record their gains and losses and keep an eye on
interest rates there is a sense of excitement and competition
over who can amass the biggest fortune. The twist is that they eventually
lose all their money whatever they do".
[full article] |
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11/11/04 |
- |
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 practical I can make it, the
better! |
|
09/11/04 |
- |
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 options to make particular decisions
and terms used are explained. The simulation is well illustrated and will
help pupils to understand what went on in the war and why casualties were so
high" [full
article] |
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06/11/04 |
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 |
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04/11/04 |
AS |
Uploaded a brand new interactive exercise about
Reformation Woodcuts, complete with Worksheet. |
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02/11/04 |
- |
Added a members' only feedback
form and an affiliate programme so that members can earn themselves a
FREE extra month's
subscription. |
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01/11/04 |
GCSE |
New WorksheetThe League of
Nations
How was the League of
Nations organised?
|
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01/11/04 |
A2 |
New WorksheetThe Henrician
Reformation
What were the
causes and effects of the
dissolution of the monasteries?
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24/10/04 |
A2 |
New WorksheetsThe 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?
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22/10/04 |
A2 |
New Wordshoot Quiz
The Renaissance
Era |
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17/10/04 |
A2 |
New WorksheetsThe Soviet Union
Stalin's Police State: Introduction and research task
Stalin's Terror: Overview of the main events research task
Stalin's
Terror: Causal Links |
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13/10/04 |
A2 |
New Worksheets - 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
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|
10/10/04 |
A2 |
New WordShoot Quiz - The Soviet
Union
Economic
Modernisation in the USSR under Stalin
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|
08/10/04 |
AS
GCSE |
New WordShoot Quizzes
The European
Reformation
The Lutheran
Reformation - Events and Personalities
The Era of World War One
World War One:
Life in the Trenches
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|
07/10/04 |
GCSE |
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30/09/04 |
GCSE
AS
A2 |
New WordShoot Quiz - The European
Reformation
Lutherans and Catholics: Key Terminology
New Worksheets
International Relations 1919-39
The Other Peace
Treaties
Early Modern Europe
Catholics and Lutherans: Terminology Quiz
USSR under Stalin
What were
Stalin's Economic Objectives?
Collectivisation:
Theory and Practice
|
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27/09/04 |
A2 |
New Worksheet - USSR under Stalin
How
successful was the policy of collectivisation?
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25/09/04 |
A2 |
New Worksheets - USSR under Stalin
Stalin and
Industrialisation
How successful were the 5-Year Plans?
Early Modern Britain
The Pre-Reformation
Church: Overview of the Historiography
The
Pre-Reformation Church: In-depth investigation |
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23/09/04 |
Yr 9 |
New Wordshoot Quiz:
Jack the Ripper |
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21/09/04 |
- |
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17/09/04 |
AS / A2 |
New Wordshoot Quizzes:
England in the of Cardinal Wolsey
The Ottoman Empire in
the Age of Suleiman of Magnificent
Germany in the Age of Bismarck |
|
16/09/04 |
Yr 9 |
Life in
Whitechapel - A PowerPoint Presentation on Jack the Ripper submitted by
Mr. McDonald. |
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15/09/04 |
A2 |
Legislation of the Henrician Reformation, 1533-36 Printable workpack
designed to encourage skills of source analysis.
Causes for the Break
with Rome to 1536 - Handout that can be used as a basis for discussion -
how are they connected? Which were the most important?
Wordshoot: Chemical
Symbols - quiz uploaded for Dr. Edlin of WGS. |
