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Year 7 History Games |
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Design your own coat of arms by answering a series of detailed questions about your personality and interests. The computer uses the information to design your shield, choose the colour scheme, and recommend the symbols you should use. A great classroom project which turns into a brilliant display of finished projects! |
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How would you have fared as King of England in 1066? A popular decision-making simulation game designed to get students thinking about the issues rather than just learning the facts. |
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Why use a dull textbook to learn about William the Conqueror when you can interview him "live" yourself? An exciting simulation for learning about the man and his reign, complete with a range of worksheets to choose from! |
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A unique game for learning about life in the Medieval Town and Village. Talk to people, trade objects and use your wits to find the missing pieces of the time machine and return home! |
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Answer a series of Medieval questions about your beliefs and interests, and learn whether you are a saint or a sinner, and what career path could channel you into heaven. |
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A self-marking assessment testing both factual knowledge and sourcework skills. Students can play the game for as long as they wish, then at the end they are presented with two scores in the form of a certificate, both of which can be handed to the teacher to put into the markbook! |
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Match the pictures to the events they describe and then reflect on whether they suggest that life was good or bad in the Middle Ages. |
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This activity can be used as a stand-alone lesson, homework assignment or as part of a broader unit on "Was life Good or Bad during this particular period?". The worksheet has basic activities for a 30 minute lesson, and extension tasks that could be followed up later. |
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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! |
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For a full list of the worksheets, games, simulations and quizzes for Year 7 History, Click Here!
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Year 8 History Games |
(ages 12-13) |
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Interview the English King on any subject of your choice, and he will answer through the use of an artificial intelligence channel!
An award winning activity! |
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A decision-making simulation game as King Charles I: Can you channel your country away from Civil War, or will your head end up in a bucket? |
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Learn about the key individuals, places, discoveries and creations of the Renaissance in this innovative decision-making simulation game! Complete with four different worksheets and quizzes. |
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An online game. Answer a series of questions about which religious viewpoints you agree with most, and the computer provides you with a detailed analysis of your position. |
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A Google Earth tour of 32 locations, each one with a narrative summary and a link to a primary source account. Six differentiated worksheets are provided to accompany the resource. |
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A step-by-step analysis of this mysterious painting, through which students are encouraged to produce their own theories before comparing them to those of other historians. |
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This activity can be used as a stand-alone lesson, homework assignment or as part of a broader unit on "Was life Good or Bad during this particular period?". The worksheet has basic activities for a 30 minute lesson, and extension tasks that could be followed up later. |
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For a full list of the worksheets, games, simulations and quizzes for Year 8 History, Click Here! |
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Year 9 History Games |
(ages 13-14) |
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Could you have prevented the French Revolution from happening? Would you have survived it? Play this decision-making game to find out! |
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Do you have what it takes to succeed in the world of Victorian business? A decision-making game designed to teach students all about the main factors behind the industrial revolution. |
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Learn about social conditions in 19th Century Britain by using a searchable database. Analyse family sizes, the most popular jobs, overcrowding and migration in a unique way. |
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Build up your own profile of the Whitechapel Murderer and then watch as the computer matches your answers to the most likely suspects! |
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Take on the role of a kidnapped young African and see how well you can maintain your strength in the gruelling "Middle Passage" across the Atlantic. |
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How successfully would you have fared as a leader of Britain in World War Two? Take a series of decisions and learn what the consequences would have been! |
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Pass sentence on ten criminals from the nineteenth century, then compare your decisions to those actually made at the time! |
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In this simulation you take the role of one of two guests debating the key issue "Who is Responsible for the Middle East Conflict?". As the conversation progresses you will be tested on your factual knowledge and sourcework skills. |
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Helps to teach students about the realities of international trade prior to a study of the growth of the British Empire. How much money can they make on the global commodities market? |
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This activity can be used as a stand-alone lesson, homework assignment or as part of a broader unit on "Was life Good or Bad during this particular period?". The worksheet has basic activities for a 30 minute lesson, and extension tasks that could be followed up later. |
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For a full list of the worksheets, games, simulations and quizzes for Year 9 History, Click Here! |
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Year 10 History Games
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(ages 14-15) |
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Was Germany really to blame for World War One? Take on the role of Kaiser Wilhelm II and decide for yourself in this decision-making game! |
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Take on the role of a normal Tommy and head across the channel into France, then decide how to react to events as they arise in World War One between 1914-1918. |
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Choose which member of the "Big Three" to play. Over several rounds of negotiations, how far are you able to achieve all of your objectives against your two rivals? Complete with worksheet. |
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Be in role as an ambitious civil servant on the make! Complete with a worksheet, this comprehensive two-part decision-making game forms the basis of a stand-alone scheme of work. |
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When will you buy? When will you sell? How much profit can you make? This American history game shows the factors affecting share values and how a stock market crash happens. |
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By playing this game you will learn about how Hitler's policies led to World War Two, and consider whether this war could have been prevented. Three possible worksheets accompany the simulation. |
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A Google Earth tour, complete with a worksheet, designed to teach students about the main events, but also to encourage them to reflect on the shifting pattern of international alliances. |
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How would you have handled the trials and tribulations of Germany after World War One? An ambitious two-part game covering 1919-29. |
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Dozens of picture sources, with exam-style questions accompanying them. Students write an answer using a writing frame, and then get provided with a model answer to compare it to. |
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For a full list of the worksheets, games, simulations and quizzes for Year 10 History, Click Here! |
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Year 11 History Games |
(ages 15-16) |
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Interview the dictator of Germany on any subject of your choice, and he will answer through the use of an artificial intelligence system!
An award winning activity! |
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Learn about the political, economic and social landscape of the Third Reich as you fly across the British Channel and journey around Berlin on a mission to assassinate Hitler! |
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Take on the role of a normal Tommy and head across the channel into France, then decide how to react to events as they arise in World War One between 1914-1918. |
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Interview Dr. Fox, the Medicine Through Time Expert, on any subject of your choice, and she will answer through the use of an artificial intelligence system!
An award winning activity! |
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A game designed to introduce the causes, course and effects of this deadly war in American History. How would you have reacted under pressure? Would you have survived? |
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Take on the role of a cabinet minister in this challenging game and channel your energies through the rough and tumble of early 20th Century politics. |
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Interview the American civil rights leader on any subject of your choice, and he will answer through the use of an artificial intelligence system!
An award winning activity! |
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Year 12 History Games |
(ages 16-17) |
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Professor AJP Sailor takes 5 factors and connects them together in endless combinations to help students consider the Origins of World War One and how to link factors in essays. |
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A fantastic way of getting to grips with the problems of Imperial Russia on the eve of the First World War. With 65 locations and a vast array of tasks and genuine colour photographs. |
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Rank the problems facing Spain which are most urgent, select which policies you think are the most appropriate response for each, then get told which party most closely matched your own preferences. |
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A simulation designed to make the point that there are many different models of democracy in the world, and that students need to decide for themselves which is the best channel. |
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Learn about the causes and events of the Schism and the Reformation under Henry VIII in this decision making simulation game. |
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Decide which policy areas interest you most, then rate each party according to their policies. The simulation then suggests which UK party you should have voted for at the last election. |
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These sources are fantastic for students of the Reformation, because they were designed to channel sophisticated ideas for an illiterate lay audience. This activity helps students decipher the message of a range of woodcuts and develop sourcework skills in the process. |
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A series of accessible interactive lectures and tasks designed to introduce history students to the concept of historiography. Great for stretching more able students or for use in Theory of Knowledge lessons. |
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Year 13 History Games |
(ages 17-18) |
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An interactivity to help you decide which party to vote for in the 2010 UK General Election. Rank 10 key issues by order of preference, then decide which party most closely reflects your own views on those issues. |
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A unique simulation for learning about the Ottoman Empire in the age of Suleiman the Magnificent. Journey around his empire, meet key people, deal with important issues, and try to survive! |
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How would you have handled the rough and tumble of Mid-Tudor politics? Play this game and find out for yourself! |
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Take on the role of a Politburo heavyweight and see how successfully you help Lenin to rule the USSR between 1917-24. A great simulation for approaching what can be a very complicated topic! |
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Students design their own "5-Year Plans" designed to prepare the USSR for war with the West. They can then compare the results with what actually happened in Stalin's USSR. |
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Interview Josef Stalin, the Soviet Dictator, on any subject of your choice, and he will answer through the use of an artificial intelligence channel!
An award winning activity! |
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Take on the role of a cabinet minister in this challenging game and try your best to surivive the rough and tumble of early 20th Century politics. |
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