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The Battle for the throne: 1066 [Interactive simulation / Fling the Teacher Quiz]
Blind Date, 1066!
Model Essay: Analyse the Causes of the Korean War
Is the greatest hindrance to peace the UN, Israel, or the Palestinians? | Teacher Answers
Detailed Summary Sheet: The Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1945
Events since 1979: Decision Making Exercise | Multimedia Slideshow
The Camp David Agreement | Teacher Presentation
Factual Test: The October War
Events / Consequences of the October War
Causes of the October War
Computer Simulation: Was Cortes a Hero, or a Villain? | Student Worksheet
Letter-Writing Exercise: Who was Cortes, and why did he want to conquer the Aztecs?
Visual Sourcework Exercise: Who were the Aztecs? | Images for Students | Teacher Slideshow
Written Sources: Who were the Aztecs?
ActiveHistory Simulations: New Searchable Database
Did the actions of the PLO advance or undermine the Palestinian cause, 1970-1976? | Teacher notes
The 1967 Six-Day War: Events/Consequences
The 1967 Six-Day War: Causes
*NEW* Diamond 9 Diagram Generator on ClassTools
History posters for the COVID classroom!
A History of Face Masks
The Suez Crisis of 1956
What were the results of the 1948 war?
Why did Israel win the 1948 war?
What territorial changes took place as a result of the 1948 war?
Civil War in Palestine, 1947-1948
UNSCOP and the United Nations Partition Plan
1947 roleplay part 2: Task for the "Judges"
1947 roleplay part 2: Task for the "Arabs" and "Jews"
1947 roleplay part 1: How should Palestine be divided between Arabs and Jews? | Accompanying Maps
End of topic factual test: 20 questions on the British mandate in Palestine
End of topic examination-style test: the British mandate in Palestine | Teacher Version
Tensions in Palestine 1945-1947 | Teacher Version
Tensions in Palestine Increase: World War Two and the Holocaust
Tensions in Palestine before 1939: Palestinians and Jews
Introduction and Overview: The Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1945
Buy the Book
Victorian Entrepreneur Simulation: Multimedia Added
Life of Martin Luther: 15-question factual test
TOK in History - stimulus questions grid
ActiveHistory Books available for purchase
NEW BOOK - "25 Essays in Modern History"
Calendar of Historical Anniversaries: 2020-2021
Medieval Meme / Storyboard Generator
Online Simulation: Are you the 'fifth Beatle'?
Why did Beatlemania sweep the USA in the 1960s?
Who was the greatest of the other Rock 'n' Rollers?
How and why did adults and teenagers disagree about Elvis Presley?
What sorts of movies were popular with teenagers in the 1950s?
Why did "teenage" identity start to emerge in the 1950s?
History Podcast App from ActiveHistory
"Statues and History" - Standalone lesson materials
Multimedia Presentation: Gorbachev's Rule
50+ ActiveHistory Lectures - all on one page
New Poster: "The historian without his facts is rootless and futile; the facts without their historian are dead and meaningless" - EH Carr
Using student questionnaires to improve your teaching / planning
Video Documentary Project - The American Civil War
Simon Schama: "History...should keep people awake at night!"
75+ ActiveHistory Simulations - all on one page
Trading scenarios along the Silk Road: Teacher Answers
JFK: Introduction and Overview
The English Civil War: PowerPoint Starter / Accompanying Video
Fling the Teacher Quiz Generator
Image Reveal Tool
"The Vortex" - generate your own sorting quizzes
Image Hotspot Generator
Cloze ("Fill the Gaps") Quiz Generator
Venn Diagram Generator
Design a Virtual Museum
The Abyssinian Crisis
Suez Crisis: Standalone Workpack
Undercover in Nazi Germany: Teacher Answer Sheet
"Timeline of my Birthday" - worksheet
"Downfall" - viewing notes / discussion points for the movie
Primary sources about Churchill - worksheet
Medieval Cathedral Building - worksheet to complete online
Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Consequences of World War One in Germany, Britain and the USSR
The Events of World War Two: New Study Unit
The Battle of the Somme: Haig - hero or butcher?
How did the Crash lead to a Depression? What were the political consequences?
Factual Test based on the introductory civil rights lecture
How similar was the 2008 Financial Crisis to the Wall St. Crash?
Decision-Making Exercise: Was Churchill a Great Leader? - Part 2 (1943-45)
Decision-Making Exercise: Was Churchill a Great Leader? - Part 1 (1940-42)
Video Documentary Worksheet: "The Children who Fought Hitler"
Video Documentary Worksheet: "The World at War: Genocide"
Multimedia Presentation: Who were the Nazis? | Student Worksheet
Left-wing and Right Wing: Which are you? [online simulation]
Overview of Ideologies: [a] Communism, Fascism and Nazism
Student Record Grid - 1920s Border Disputes
ActiveHistory Online Presentation - League in the 1920s
Border Disputes in the 1920s: A Classroom Roleplay Exercise
The issue of Mary, Queen of Scots | Video on the Babbington Plot | Worksheet to accompany the Video
How successfully did Elizabeth deal with the problems of her reign?
Design a movie proposal: The Sophiatown Removals
Fling the Teacher Quiz: The Silk Roads
Google Earth Interactive Tour: three key Silk Road explorers
Three key Silk Road explorers: European, African and Asian
Crossword test - Silk Roads
Introduction to the Silk Roads
The Silk Roads: Online Adventure Game
"Fling the Teacher!" - Quiz Generator for teachers and students
New Generator: Online Image Annotation Tool!
Consequences of the Korean War: HTML5 Hexagons
Factual Test: Changes in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
Multimedia lecture [3]: Changes in Location: From Rural South to Urban North
Multimedia lecture [2]: Changes in Methods: From Nonviolence to Militant Self-Defence
Multimedia lecture [1]: Changes in Objectives: From Integration (Civil Rights) to Black Nationalism (Human Rights)
Caesar Cypher Generator
ActiveHistory is now FLASH FREE!
New Blogpost: True, False, or Anachronism?
History: Factual Test for the "Undercover in Imperial Rome" simulation
Model Essay: How successful were President Johnson's "Great Society" reforms?
Voyages of Discovery Simulation: Updated and Improved
"Unseen history" - a new blogpost
Undercover in Ancient Rome Simulation - Teacher Support Materials
Undercover in Ancient Rome Simulation - new worksheets and features.
Convert a teacher's essay into a History magazine article
Voyages of Discovery - New Online Simulation Game
Design personalised number plates as a revision exercise
Lotus diagram templates for essay planning
SMS Generator: Create an imagined text conversation between two characters
Middle Passage Simulation - updated, relaunched
Voyages of Discovery Simulation: Follow-Up Classroom Project
Bringing Codes and Codebreaking into the History Classroom
Historiography of the Berlin Blockade
Albany, Birmingham and the Washington March - Multimedia decision-making exercise [interactive]
Z-A: Word Association Quiz format for starters/plenaries
Building Teenage Heroes into the History Curriculum
Ideas for using tastes and smells in the History classroom
Ideas for making the most of your old History magazines
Studying Local History through Street Names
Five Ideas for Model Making in History
Five techniques for building visual literacy in the History Classroom
Calendar of Historical Anniversaries, 2019-2020
Renaissance Florence Simulation - updated, relaunched
Comparing / contrasting the impact on two states: the USA / the DDR
Video viewing notes: "The DDR: Lost World of Communism"
Analyse the impact of the Cold War upon the DDR
"Then and Now" photographs: Battlefields / Berlin
Interpretation Battleships: The Treaty of Versailles
French Revolution Simulation: Updated, relaunched
20 question factual test: Nixon's foreign policy
The Watergate Scandal and the Fall of Richard Nixon
Escape the Room: The Black Death!
Comparisons and Contrasts: French, Belgian and British approaches to Empire
54-question Arcade Game: 19thC European Overseas Empires"
20-question factual test: Europeans in China
Sourcework Questions: The Boxer Uprising
The Boxer Uprising
Sourcework Questions: The Opium Wars | Model answers
The Opium Wars: Multimedia Presentation / Decision-Making Exercise (22 slides plus video clips)
Sourcework: Was the British reaction to the Indian Mutiny justified? | Model answers for final three questions
Matrix Exercise: The results of the Indian Mutiny
Extension / Homework activity: What's in a name? What's in a logo?
Why, and with what effects, did Indians resist British rule?
Sourcework: King Leopold II and the Congo
How varied were the impacts of European imperialism on Africans? | teacher notes
10-question test: Europeans in Africa
What were the motives behind European imperialism in Africa?
Hitler's Foreign Policy: Model Answers
Hitler's Foreign Policy: Model Answers
International Relations: 1930s - Model Answers
International Relations: 1920s/30s - Model Answers
Model Answers: International Relations: 1920s
International Relations: 1920s - Model Answers
Germany Depth Study: Model Answers
Model Answers - Weimar Germany, 1918-34
Model Answers: Weimar Germany, 1918-34 [free]
Versailles Peace Treaty: Model Answers
Peace Treaties after World War One: Model Answers
Model Answers: Peace Treaties after World War One [free]
Origins of WW1 - IGCSE History P1 Model Answers
Why Appeasement? Diamond9 Quiz
Contrasts and comparisons to a second dictator
Classroom debate and consolidation: How successful was Mao as ruler of China, 1949-76?
20-question factual test on Mao's domestic policies
Detailed analysis of Mao's domestic policies
Mao's China: Thematic Analysis and Independent Research
Mao and his Ministers
Teacher Part 3: Mao's Domestic Policies 1968-76
Teacher Lecture, Part 2: Mao's Domestic Policies 1945-67
Teacher Lecture, Part 1: Mao's Domestic Policies 1949-56
Which 20th Century Dictator are YOU?
Medieval Town and Village Virtual Adventure
What was the impact of the Korean War on the course and development of the Cold War?
Who was the most interesting Roman Emperor of all time? = Research Prompt Sheet
League of Nations Simulation - update
Escape the Room - Whitechapel 1888
Josef Stalin: Head2Head Virtual Interview Relaunch
William the Conqueror: Head2Head Virtual Interview Relaunch
Martin Luther King, Jr: Head2Head Virtual Interview Relaunch
Adolf Hitler: Head2Head Virtual Interview Relaunch
Henry VIII: Head2Head Virtual Interview Relaunch
Medicine Through Time Expert: Head2Head Virtual Interview Relaunch
25-Question Factual Test - the Korean War
The Korean War: Collapsible Revision Notes
The Korean War: Interactive Cartoon analysis
Korean War Fling the Teacher Quiz
Cartoon story analysis - The Korean War
Mapwork - The Korean War
Korean War - Mini-Debates
Model Essay: Analyse the causes and consequences of the Korean War
How was a truce negotiated? What were the consequences for Korea and for the wider world?
Truman makes his decision about MacArthur
Should Truman tolerate or fire MacArthur for his criticisms?
Should Truman support MacArthur and commit the USA to a ‘total war’ in Korea?
Containment or Rollback: Should Truman allow MacArthur to take the war over the 38th Parallel into North Korea?
Should Truman approve MacArthur's plan to launch an amphibious assault at Inchon?
Korean War - Interactive Newsfeed Exercise
Primary source analysis - causes of the Korean War
Who was responsible for the outbreak of the Korean War? Was Truman right to commit troops to the conflict?
"Z-A" QUIZ GENERATOR - ideal for lesson starters/plenaries!
James Spod: Undercover in Nazi Germany!
Sourcework: Assess President Kennedy's handling of the James Meredith controversy at "Ole Miss"
The Bosnian Crisis and the Balkan Wars: Factual Test
Guidance for writing the coursework essay for students
To what extent were Stalin's policies a direct attempt to protect Russia from the threat of another World War?
What was the immediate political, military, and socio-economic significance of World War One upon Russia?
How far can Stalin's rise to power be explained through reference to divisions in the party caused by WW1?
October Revolution: Historiography and Primary Sources
Was the October Revolution a coup d'etat or a popular uprising? - Timeline Role-play Exercise
How stable was the Tsarist regime on the eve of World War One?
Significance of WW1 for Russia: Study Guide
Calendar for Educators, 2018-2019
"Drag and Drop" quiz generator
Certificate Generator
Causes of the Spanish Civil War: Essay Planning Generator
The Rise of Hitler: Essay Planning Generator
Origins of World War One: Essay-Planning Generator
IB Induction - WW2 Trivia Challenge
IB Induction Project - Assembly Presentation
New decision-making simulation: "Time Machine Journey to the Renaissance"
What is history all about? The who, when and why!
Time machine display card
Medieval Cathedrals: Design your own!
JFK: Speech on Castro and Cuba, 1960
Virtual Reality Images: War Memorials
World War One Battlefields Follow-Up: "Design a Memorial / Visitor Center"
Berlin Residential Trip: Maps, Multimedia, Itineraries and Workpacks
History of Berlin: Multimedia note-taking task
Richard Holmes: War Walks - The Somme (28m) | Student Worksheet | Teacher Answers
How Significant was the role of International Protest and Intervention in the Anti-Apartheid Movement?
Model Essay - Analyse the Rise and Fall of Thomas Wolsey (originally published in History Review)
Assess the degree to which guerrilla warfare was the main cause of communist victory in Vietnam
Compare and contrast the role of technology in determining the outcome of two wars, each chosen from a different region
Model Essay: Analyse the causes of the Spanish Civil War
Model Essay - How successful were Mussolini’s Domestic Policies?
Model Essays on Mao's China
Analyse the causes and consequences of the Korean War
Analyse the causes of the Italian Wars 1494-1516
In what ways, and with what results, was Germany a source of Cold War tensions between 1945 and 1962?
Model Essay: "To what extent did the French Revolution deliver on its promises of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity?"
Model Essay: By what methods, and with what success, did Fidel Castro try to eliminate domestic opposition?
Model Essay: "Castro's mastery of guerrilla warfare was the main reason why he was able to take control of Cuba". To what extent do you agree with this statement?
40+ Model History Essays by Russel Tarr
Who is your historical hero?
Outcome from the Balloon Debate: Paper People Project | More on the "Paper People" approach
Crime Board: Who was Jack the Ripper?
Turbo-Timeline Generator!
How did Cromwell rule England 1649-1658?
"Levellers and Diggers": A song by Gerard Winstanley (1648)
England without a King: How should the country be governed?
Oliver Cromwell's Life and Career
What sort of a man was Oliver Cromwell?
Rule of Pinochet / 1973 Chilean Coup: Dialogue Poem Starter Activity
"Backward Essay Planning" - the Rule of Pinochet
How important was the role of women in the anti-Apartheid movement?
The Sophiatown Removals: Sample Sourcework Paper / Model Answers
New Interactive Timeline Generator!
Escape the Room: Mission Rivonia!
To what extent was Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War due to the involvement of foreign powers?
Model Essay: Analyse the successes and failures of President Kennedy’s foreign policies towards Latin America between 1961 and 1963.
Summary revision: Cold War Crises Compared
Model Essay: Evaluate the political and economic impact of military rule in Chile between 1973 and 1989
Model Essay: Compare and Contrast the Rise of Pinochet and Franco
Historiography: Causes for the Rise of Dictators / Outbreak of Civil Wars / Revolutions
Model Essay: With reference to two examples from two different regions, assess (a) the reasons for the use of guerrilla warfare, and (b) its effectiveness. (compares Cuba and Vietnam).
Create a Xmas (his)Tree for your classroom!
The Victorians through Paintings: Video Clips List
The February Revolution of 1917
The Potsdam Conference: When and why did the US policy move from one of co-operation to confrontation?
From Yalta to Potsdam - the wartime alliance starts breaking down
Introduction to Racism: An introduction to Rights and Protest
Video worksheet: "Brunel" by Jeremy Clarkson | Factual Test
Escape the Room - Mission: Rome!
*NEW* Simulation: Can you survive life in the trenches in World War One?
IB Extended Essay: Marksheet and Guidance
How similar were the Manchurian and Abyssinian Crises?
The Abyssinian Crisis
Roleplay: The Manchurian Crisis | Rolecards
IB Extended Essay - Completing the "Reflections on Planning and Progress" Form
Style Guide: Formatting your Extended Essay
Six Steps for Writing your Extended Essay in IB History
Model Essay: For what reasons, and with what results, did the Civil Rights movement become more radical after 1964?
Civil Rights Movement - Student research tasks / presentation instructions
Multimedia lecture [2]: IN WHAT WAYS did the Civil Rights movement become more radical after 1964?
Multimedia lecture [1]: WHY did the Civil Rights movement become more radical after 1964?
IB History Internal Assessments - sample studies
Mission: Berlin! ('Escape the Room' activity on Hitler's consolidation of power)
Student-friendly Sourcework Rubric
The life of Martin Luther - Design a film trailer!
Model Essay: Assess the view that "After initial failures, Kennedy's handling of foreign policy grew increasingly successful as time went on"
"Advisor to the Kaiser!" - A new online simulation!
The Rise of Hitler - Images
President Johnson - An Introduction to "LBJ"
The Mystery of Pompeii: stand-alone lesson
Historiography: Historians on the Rise of Hitler
ClassTools.net Arcade Games: "Kennedy's Foreign Policy"
Factual test - Kennedy's Foreign Policy
Classroom debate - How successful was Kennedy's foreign policy?
Escape Room: "Mission: Galileo 1610"
Escape the Room! - Mission Havana, 1959
Printable Calendar of Historical Anniversaries 2017-2018
Recommended Films for the History Classroom
Rise and rule of authoritarian states: IB History Paper 2 sample question generator
Spotify Jukebox - Songs for the History Classroom
Cold War - Random Essay Question Generator!
Defining weasel terms: Guerrilla, interstate, civil wars; populist v. military dictators; and much more besides
One sentence summaries: conclusions on the Presidents
Classroom debate: Which President achieved the most success outside of the Americas?
Post-War American Presidents to 1980: Detailed summary sheet for revision
Classroom debate: Which President achieved the most for the USA and for Latin America?
Comprehensive Summary Sheet for Revision: The Civil Rights Movement to 1965
Revision Summary Sheet: anti-apartheid resistance groups
Using drinking straws to study competition, co-operation and the arms race
Design “Tubular Timeline Towers” for chronological understanding
Develop persuasive vocabulary with a ‘biased words knockout challenge’
“History in your pocket”: Coins as sources
Student bookmark: Key vocabulary for essay writing
Use “EyeSay!” to give visual feedback on student essays
Medieval Realms: Revision quiz
World War One: Interactive revision quiz
Nazi Germany: "Play your dates right!" quiz
Modern World History 1870-1939: "Play Your Dates Right!" interactive quiz
SIMULATION - The Treaties of Sevres and Lausanne: How successfully did Lloyd George handle Turkey?
The Treaty of Sevres [1]: The Middle East
How important was the role of women in the Civil Rights movement? - source work
IGCSE History Revision 2017
Rights and Protest Sourcework Sample: The Rivonia Trial
Model Essay: "Analyse the successes and failures of Nixon's domestic policies"
Nixon's Domestic Policy: Student research task
IB Sourcework: Rights and Protest - sample source work papers and model answers
Model Essay: "Assess the successes and failures of Nixon's foreign policy"
Nixon's foreign policy: the second administration
Nixon's foreign policy: The 1972 Presidential Election
Nixon's foreign policy: the first administration (1969-72)
Nixon's Foreign Policy: New study unit
Sourcework Exercise: To what extent was Martin Luther King responsible for the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Was life good or bad in Victorian Britain? - A study through paintings
Teacher-led online lecture [2]: A brief history of political ideology from the Enlightenment to the modern day!
Anarchism: Bakunin's Catechism of a Revolutionary
Summary Sheet: Hegel, Marx and Lenin - compared and contrasted
Factual Test on the issues covered so far (20 questions)
Enlightenment Philosophy: Philosophers, Revolutionaries and the Declaration of the Rights of Man
Teacher-led online lecture [1]: A brief history of political ideology from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment!
Design your 'ideal state'
Communism and Fascism: What's the difference?
Left-wing and Right Wing: Which are you?
What is Politics? Why are so many people not interested in it and why is this worrying?
LBJ and the "Great Society"
Hexagons Activity: Impact of the Industrial Revolution
Sourcework Exercise: The Sharpeville Massacre - Teacher model answers
50 Essential Songs for the History Classroom
Model Essay - What were the most frequent causes of 20th-century wars?
Model Essay - Compare and contrast the role of ideology in causing two 20th-century wars, each chosen from a different region
Sourcework Exercise: The Sharpeville Massacre
Model answers for sourcework exercise on rise of Apartheid
Slave Trade Simulation: Updated and improved
Vietnam veteran John Kerry's statement at the Senate hearings of 1971
Why, and with what degree of justification, did Nixon refuse to immediately withdraw from Vietnam?
Compare and contrast the policy of Johnson and Nixon with regard to Vietnam
Could LBJ have handled the Vietnam War more effectively?
Using Knowledge Cubes for hands on discussions
Design a logo reflecting the aims and methods of individuals or organisations
Simulate a conference
Protest placards: design, anticipate, react
Add a 'how certain are you?' element to spice up factual tests
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Selma Marches 1965, Online Simulation
Sourcework Assignment with model answers, The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Campaign 1964, Freedom Summer
Undercover in Ancient Rome - new worksheets for the simulation
Using limericks as a revision tool
Counterfactuals in History
Who is your Historical Hero?
Knowledge Cubes - originally posted on Tarr's Toolbox
New Book from ActiveHistory: "A History Teaching Toolbox"
Compare and Contrasting the Rise of Dictators in Different Regions
JFK and the Diem Coup: To what extent was Kennedy responsible?
Roleplay Exercise - Kennedy and the Berlin Crisis of 1961
Kennedy and Latin America: The Alliance for Progress
The 1960 Election Campaign: The TV Debates and the Inaugural Address
JFK: Introduction and Overview
SOLO Hexagons: The Rise of Hitler
Cold War Historiography - comparisons and contrasts worksheet
Model Essay: To what extent were conflicting views about Germany the main cause of the Cold War up to 1949?
Origins of the Cold War: Essay Writing Advice
A revision summary grid of historiographical terms
Schools of History - Historiography and TOK in History
Historians and Theory of Knowledge in History
Theory of Knowledge in History: The Challenge of Source Material
To what extent was Elizabeth I to blame for Spain's decision to invade England in 1588? Essay Instructions and Markscheme
Rule of Saddam Hussein Fling the Teacher Quiz
How successfully did Elizabeth deal with the problems of her reign?
Elizabeth's refusal to marry, conclusions and sourcework
Elizabethan England: Why did Elizabeth refuse to marry?
75 question Fling the Teacher Quiz on Why did Events in the Gulf Matter?
The Gulf War Fling the Teacher Quiz
The Iran-Iraq War Fling the Teacher Quiz
The Iranian Revolution Fling the Teacher Quiz
The Rise of Saddam Hussein Fling the Teacher Quiz
Why did Events in the Gulf Matter? Revising the Five Big Questions
Source work skills revision
IB History Internal Assessment 2017 - Marksheet and Guidance
Saddam's Rule of Iraq. Overview: Terror, Achievements, Propaganda
Halabja: What really happened, and who was responsible? - Sourcework Exercise
In what ways were Saddam's attacks on the Kurds and the Shia similar, and in what ways were they different?
Saddamarama: Propaganda Images from Saddam's Iraq
Model Essay: In what ways, and with what results, did the Cold War influence relations between Latin America with the United States in the period 1945 to 1957?
American Foreign Policy in Latin America, 1945-60: Conclusions
Eisenhower's Policy in Latin America: Do YOU like Ike?! (decision-making exercise)
Truman's Policy in Latin America
Eisenhower and the "New Look": Video Worksheet
The Suez Crisis and the Middle East from Eisenhower’s Perspective - Conclusions
To what extent do you agree that Eisenhower's foreign policy was neither new nor successful?
Introduction to Eisenhower and the "New Look" National Security Policy
What were the consequences of the First Gulf War?
Why, and with what results, was an international coalition formed against Saddam Hussein?
Why did the First Gulf War take place?
To what extent do you agree that there was no victor in the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88?
Why did the Iran-Iraq War last for so long?
Sourcework Practice: Causes of the Iran-Iraq War
What were the causes and consequences of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88?
What are the most frequent methods and conditions that lead to the rise of dictators?
Model Essay: How did the early years of the Cold War (1946 to 1956) affect the political and social life of the United States?
Keyword Checker - How did the early years of the Cold War (1946 to 1956) affect the political and social life of the United States?
McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare: Design a school exhibition!
McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare: Individual Research Phase
McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare: Teacher-Led Online Presentation
McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare: Video Documentary and Worksheet
Why had the Shah become so unpopular by 1979? - Hexagons exercise (IGCSE Paper 2 source work)
Causes of the Iranian Revolution, 1979 - Introductory Slideshow for IGCSE
IGCSE Sourcework Sample Paper *and generic mark scheme*, Why was there a revolution in Iran in 1979?
Stalin's Salami Tactics: How and why did Stalin take control of the countries of Eastern Europe?
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech: Did it create, accelerate or merely acknowledge the onset of the Cold War?
The Potsdam Conference: When and why did the US policy move from one of co-operation to confrontation?
The Yalta Conference - activity and follow-up
Individual Research Task: Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt
Essay Planning Exercise: Analyse the roots of the Cold War before 1945 | Completed model essay
"Living Graph" Exercise: Steps to the Cold War before 1945: Relations between East and West
The Grand Alliance, 1941-44
Cold War - Historical Context, 1917-39
Video Worksheet for Episode 1 of the CNN "Cold War" Series (covering the period 1917-44)
Long-term roots of the Cold War before 1945 - Study Guide with past examination questions / syllabus details
Using 'The Apprentice' TV Show Format in the Classroom
Why did the Roman Empire Fall?
Infographic challenge: Apartheid in statistics
IB History sourcework exercise: The Sophiatown Removals
IB History sourcework practice - in the style of question [1/2/3]
Gifts and Christmas Cards of World War One
Who was the most interesting Roman Emperor of all time?
Gladiatorial Combat - A Roleplay Game!
Roman Holiday! - Part 2: Presentations
Roman Holiday! - Part 1: Research
What is your Roman name?
Speech-writing task: a reply to the defenders of Apartheid
Factual Test: The anti-apartheid resistance movement | Teacher answer sheet
IB History - The development of the anti-Apartheid resistance movement
Apartheid - Multimedia Teacher-led lecture and decision-making exercise
The Sophiatown removals: podcast note-taking task
Factual Test: the Apartheid laws
Creative writing task: the experience of Apartheid
The Apartheid Laws: research, categorisation and prioritisation
IB-style source work exercise: Why was apartheid introduced into South Africa in 1948?
South Africa - Discriminatory laws passed before 1948
South Africa before 1948 - factual test
Empathy exercise: Understanding the Broderbund and the ANC
Overview of South Africa to 1948
Balloon Debates!
Rule of 20th Century Dictators Compared
Simulation: Which 20th Century Dictator are YOU?
The Rise and Rule of Fidel Castro
How to Establish a Whole-School Induction Project for Year 12
NEW IB History Syllabus Curriculum Maps for 2015
Podcast Research Project
Weimar Germany Decision Making Simulation - 1921-29
Black Death End of Unit Projects
Consequences of the Black Death
Impact of the Black Death
Cures for the Black Death
Causes of the Black Death
Symptoms of the Black Death
Spread of the Black Death
The Black Death - Introduction
Black Death - Revamped, Relaunched, New Resources!
Why did Events in the Gulf Matter?
IB History Revision - The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Eighteen Big Questions!
Middle East Revision: Higher Level, 1979-2000
IB History Teachers Debate: Is it true that Israel was a state created as a result of terrorism?
Diamond Diagrams for Prioritisation
Source Evaluation Overlay Template
Curate a Museum Exhibition
Interpretation Exercise - Complaint Letters v. Advertising Blurb
Timeline Jigsaw
"Keyword Challenge" revision game
Speech-bubble PostIts onto paintings / photos / cartoons
Students design a cover image for their topic packs
Modern Makeover: Where would they be now?
Silent Discussion
Living Graph
Challenge Grid
Design a Cartoon
"Open Me" Display Pieces
Image Wipe
Students design a Hollywood Film about the study topic
Sourcework Anticipation Task
"Design a new page for your textbook"
"Leaderboard Challenge" for 'Fling the Teacher'
"Guess the Stats"
"Design a DVD Inlay"
Make a Mask!
Google Books for Student Research: 3 minute video guide
Google Hangouts for the Classroom: Quickstart Guide
Museum in a Box
Interpretation via Triangulation
Interpretation Tracker
Design a children’s storybook
QR Code Treasure Hunt
Create a tweet for a fictional/historical character
6 Hats. 6 Interpretive Approaches.
"Guess What"
"Only Connect!"
Create Bookmarks as Rewards
Create a Subject-Themed Spotify Jukebox
Causation Diagram Template
PieChart Prioritisation
"Create a Google Doodle to represent our topic"
Creative Acronyms for Topic Revision/Introductions
Create a “Fakebook” Profile for a key character
"Factor Auction"
"Takeaway Homework"
“On School Report!” - A fun way of evaluating factors and individuals
Target Diagrams for Categorisation
Answer Buzzers for Revision Quizzes
"Beat the Teacher" - Hotseating with an edge!
"Linkage Bingo" to summarise and connect key factors
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Peer Assessment Slips
Using Hexagon Learning for categorisation, linkage and prioritisation
Tic Tac Know
Jenga Revision
Rival interpretations
"Wheel of Life" Template
ActiveHistory: Year in Review
TeachMeet, TeachEat, and much more besides...
PieCharts: Who was to blame for World War One?
Causes of the French Revolution - Model Essay: "What were the Causes of the French Revolution?"
Causes of the French Revolution - Keyword Checker: "What were the Causes of the French Revolution?"
Causes of the French Revolution - Historiography: Causes of the French Revolution
Causes of the French Revolution - Research and Presentation Task | Sample Presentation
Teacher Introductory PowerPoint - Causes of the French Revolution
IB/A-Level: Christmas in Stalin's Russia
GCSE Christmas History: "Have Yourself and Very Nazi Christmas!"
Year 9 Christmas History: Ebeneezer Scrooge: Hero or Villain?
Yr9 History: The Victorian Invention of Christmas!
Year 8 History - A Puritan Christmas!
Year 7 History - A Boy Bishopping Medieval Christmas!
Sourcework Skills Overlay Template
Arab-Israeli Conflict: Google Hangout Video Conference for IB Historians
The Rise of Stalin: A Sweet Roleplay Exercise!
The KeyWord Challenge Game!
Hexagon Learning Case Study: The Rise of Stalin
"Poppy Fascism?" - a new worksheet for Remembrance
CSI History, The Iceman Mystery!
Origins of World War One Sourcework Assignment Pack
Mr. Men History: The Origins of World War One
Origins of World War One: Model answers and exam questions
Historiography: Quotes about the Origins of World War One
Classroom Trial: Who was to blame for World War One?
The Willy-Nicky Telegrams
The July Crisis - Decision-making exercise
The Moroccan Crises and Colonial Rivalry
The Arms Race and the Role of Kaiser Wilhelm II
Factual Test and Keyword Challenge: The Origins of World War One
The Development of the World War One Alliance System
Nationalism and Imperialism as Causes of World War One
"Sarajevo Sandwich Syndrome" - Questioning the Reliability of Historical Sources
Introductory Overview: The Origins of World War One
Medieval Castles Simulation, new worksheet and extension task
ActiveHistory Mystery: Cat Bottoms and Golden Cups!
Sample source work and model answers, Assess the causes of the 1967 6-Day War
The Suez Crisis, Sample Sourcework assignment and model answers
Google Books for Student Research: 3-minute guide
Technology Tools for the #historyteacher Classroom - Google Hangout!
The Iceman, an ActiveHistory Mystery!
Google Hangout Video Conference: Professor Orlando Figes answers questions on Lenin's Russia
History: The Story of Everything! Classroom Poster
"Sarajevo Sandwich Sydnrome" - Questioning the Reliability of Documentary Sources
"Back to School" ActiveHistory resources for all year groups!
'Google Hangout' with Orlando Figes!
Citation Generator: Harvard, Chicago, MLA and APA formats
Top 10 Free Activities for the History Classroom from ActiveHistory
Free countdown timer
Would the October Revolution have taken place without the input of Lenin?
"Who is your Historical Hero?" - an independent research project, adaptable for all year groups!
Medieval Crime and Punishment, Essay Markscheme
How far did Medieval Punishments fit the crime?
Medieval Trial - Roleplay!
How effective was the Medieval method of determining guilt?
How effective was the Medieval method of capturing suspected criminals?
Essay Writing Phase: Was the 20th Century a Period of Progress?
A History of the 20th Century through Feature Films
What is Medieval hell like?
Gruesome Martryrdoms, Repulsive Relics!
What sorts of things could get me into hell? - The Seven Deadly Sins
Was the 20th Century a Period of Progress? New Study Unit!
World War One Battlefields Trip Materials, newly updated and developed
Recommended Reading for the History Classroom
Recommended Films for the History Classroom
History Podcasts Database
The Cuban Missile Crisis - Revision Quiz (30 Questions)
Vietnam War - Fling the Teacher Revision Quiz (45 questions).
Decision Making Simulation: the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War - Endgame
Domestic causes for the US defeat in Vietnam: Civil Rights campaigners, musicians, photojournalists and students
Military causes for the US defeat in Vietnam
How and why did President Johnson escalate US involvement in the Vietnam War?
The Vietnam War - Sourcework Questions: Why did the US get involved in Vietnam?
The Vietnam War - Kennedy's own words on the subject
The Vietnam War - Why was the USA so concerned that communism could spread into Vietnam in particular?
The Vietnam War - Why was the USA so keen to prevent communism spreading?
Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis Roleplay Unit - US Roleplay Part 2 (one hour): The Crisis Escalates
Slideshow of ExComm - The Cuban Missile Crisis Roleplay Unit
The Cuban Missile Crisis: US Roleplay Part 1 (one hour): The Initial Response
The Cuban Missile Crisis Soviet Roleplay
Background to the Cuban Missile Crisis: The Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs and the Berlin Wall
Origins of the Cold War, c.1945-61
"Who Tall Are You?" - Classroom display resource
Fall of Napoleon, Timeline Worksheet and Multimedia Presentation
Classroom Trial, Did Napoleon betray the spirit of the French Revolution?
Napoleonic Propaganda, Analysing Portraits Worksheet
Infographic Task, What sort of a man was Napoleon?
Silent Discussion, Impressions of Napoleon
French Revolution, Discussion Points and Conclusions
Picture Challenge, Key Events of the French Revolution
French Revolution, Detailed, Interactive Timeline of Key Events
Analytical Research Template, Events of the French Revolution
Depth Focus on Enlightenment Philosophy, Thomas Paine and the Rights of Man
French Revolution, Defining the Debate, Enlightenment Philosophy
The only historical documentary script you'll ever need!
Historians debating the Origins of WW1 on Twitter
Historians on Twitter
ActiveHistory: The Year in Review
Winston ChurchillIndependent Research Phase and Mark Scheme for the Essay
Head2Head Preparation: Identifying 'Heroic' and 'Villainous' qualities and framing the questions ready for the interview
Head2Head Interview - Teacher led activity to determine if Churchill was prejudiced
Primary sources about Churchill - Silent Discussion
Quotes by Churchill
Diamond9 Activity: Photographs of Churchill
Photographs of Churchill: What deductions about him can we draw?
Churchill, hero or villain - Introductory Lesson and Activity - Teacher Lesson Plan
Winston Churchill Head2Head Interactive Interview
SOLO Hexagons Generator
Spanish Civil War Simulation now with Leaderboard
The Mystery of the Crying Woman
Remembrance Day: Introductory Assembly
Remembrance Day: Memorials
Remembrance Day: Peace Charities: Which should our school support?
Remembrance Day: Current Conflicts
Remembrance Day: Statistics and Infographics
Remembrance Day: Songs of War and Peace
Remembrance Day: Paintings of WW1
Remembrance Day: War Poetry
Remembrance Day: Film of WW1: All Quiet on the Western Front
Remembrance Day: Red Poppy, White Poppy, both or neither?
Remembrance Day: Oral Testimonies
Remembrance Day: Propaganda Posters
Remembrance Day: Debating the Issues: The De Bono Method
Remembrance Day: Consequences of War
Remembrance Day: Shot at Dawn
Remembrance Day Worksheets and Lesson Plans for Secondary Students Year 7 to Year 13
Historiographical overview of the Fischer Thesis
Lenin's Rule of Russia: Article by Russel Tarr in History Review Magazine
"Compare and contrast the roles of Lenin and Trotsky 1917-1924" / "To what extent did Lenin sacrifice principle to maintain his hold on power?"
Researching and presenting the origins of surnames of people in the school
Compare and contrast the origins of World Wars One and Two, model essay
Was Hitler's foreign policy traditional, or unprecedented?
Was Appeasement Spineless, Stupid, Cunning or Honourable?
Primary source analysis activity, Public Opinion Polls on Appeasement
Was Hitler a Gambler, or a Planner, in Foreign Affairs?
Factual test on WW1 (30 questions, IB Level)
Historiography through events management, Design a Seating Plan for these 18 Historians!
Instructions on how to present the group findings comparing World Wars One and Two
Worksheet to accompany episode 3 of The Nazis, A Warning from History
Worksheet and factual test for the first episode of the Great War series from 1964
A Summary of the main events of World War One, organised by theme, plus a factual test
Research Template for comparing the Origins of WW1 and WW2
Lenin's Russia, newly rewritten and relaunched roleplay unit for IB History
Lenin's Russia, Classroom Debate and Conclusions
Time Machine to the Middle Ages, new location, worksheet, sounds and video
Medieval Castles, worksheet and video
Google Calendar for Educators
Why did Germany and her Allies lose World War One?
Teacher notes for the Franklin Expedition Mystery Unit
Year 7 History Skills: The Body on the Balcony EPISODE 2, the Mystery Deepens!
Year 7 History Skills: The Body on the Balcony EPISODE 1, a Historical Mystery!
Model IB Essay: How Important was Lenin's Role in the October Revolution?
Was the October Revolution a Popular Uprising, or a Coup D'Etat?
Causes of the October Revolution Timeline Roleplay Exercise
Fakebook - Relaunched, Reprogrammed!
Posters - "What's going on in my History Classroom?"
New Historical Pictures Widget for your blog / website!
Tensions in the Middle East, c.1914-48
Individual Research phase - Other Forms of Socialism: The Contributions of Trotsky, Stalin and Mao
In Defence of Capitalism / Criticisms of Marxism
Teacher-Led Lecture: The Contribution of Lenin to Marxism
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists: Reading and Comprehension Exercise
Roleplay/Game Activity: Marxism through Arm-Wrestling!
Mark Steel's Video Documentary on Marxism and accompanying worksheet
Marxism for Beginners: Introduction to the project
Widget for your blog - Today in History
"The Yom Kippur war was caused by the Israelis and ended with their utter defeat" - do you agree?
History in the News: Weekly Email Digest!
The Korean War: Telescopic Topic Revision Notes
High Stalinism 1945-53: Telescopic Topic Revision Notes
How did the war in Afghanistan undermine the USSR? (Telescopic Topic)
Rise of Stalin: Telescopic Topic
How to Organise a Cross-Curricular IB Induction Event
20 TED Talks for History Lovers
The Wars of the Roses
IB History - Video Archive
Dozens of IB History Revision Quizzes!
Origins of the Cold War (60 Question quiz for IB History)
From Yom Kippur to Camp David (30 Question Quiz)
The 1967 '6-Day War' - 30 Question Quiz
The Suez Crisis (30 Question Quiz)
The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1948-49 (30 question quiz)
The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1939-1947 (30 Question Quiz)
Middle East pre-1939: 30-Question Quiz
Spanish Civil War: Causes and Events - Interactive Quizzes
The Middle East, 1939-79: Fling the Teacher Challenge (135 possible questions!)
Pirates - End of Unit Project: Instructions / Markscheme
"Who Am I?" Challenge - Weimar Germany
The Rise of Pinochet: Fling the Teacher Quiz
Mussolini's Italy: Arcade Games (44 possible questions)
The Rule of Stalin: Fling the Teacher Challenge
Individual Research Task: In-depth analysis of one war
"Save Game" Facility for the "Middle Passage" Simulation
How far are Sea Myths accurately portrayed in the Pirates of the Caribbean?
Henry VIII - New resources for Year 8
Mussolini's Italy: 45 Question Fling the Teacher Quiz
Lenin's Russia - keyword challenge
"Who Am I?" Challenge - Spanish Civil War
Mission MapQuest: Modern World History Revision
Henry VIII - Multimedia Presentation
Comparisons and Contrasts between different pirates
Primary Sources - Genuine Pirate Codes
IB History - Sample Sourcework Papers / Model Answers
1900-2000 (GCSE/IB/A-Level History)
Blog Posts by Period
History News, TV, Radio
ActiveHistory Home
"Who Am I?" Challenge - The Middle East 1939-79
Does a study of the Palestinian struggle after 1948 prove that violence pays and diplomacy does not?
Was the Palestinian refugee crisis the deliberate policy of the Jewish leadership?
Who was to blame for the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War?
Was it the Arab refusal to accept the UN Partition Plan that caused the 1948 War?
Why did Britain decide to pull out of the Palestinian mandate in 1947?
Pirate Codes: Comparisons and Contrasts with the film
League of Nations in the 1920s: New Worksheets
How accurately is the Pirate Code reflected in the Pirates of the Caribbean?
Fake SMS Text Message Generator
The Princes in the Tower: Classroom Debate
The Princes in the Tower: Card Sort Exercise
Does King Richard III deserve a Royal Funeral?
Teacher-led activity: Historiography on the Origins of Warfare
Paired Feedback and Presentation Task: Comparisons and Contrasts between two wars
How accurately is Weaponry used in the Pirates of the Caribbean?
Randomiser / Pirate Insult Tool
Pirate Flags Quiz
Quiz Questions - Pirates Strategy Game
Game Rules - Caribbean Pirates Strategy Game
Feedback Phase - How far is Jack Sparrow based on genuine pirates?
How far is Jack Sparrow based on genuine Pirates?
How Accurate is 'Pirates of the Caribbean'? to the historian of the 'Golden Age of Piracy'?
Nature of Sources: Evaluation Worksheet
Purpose of Sources: Evaluation Worksheet for IGCSE History
Origin of Sources: Evaluation Worksheet for IGCSE History
"Fakebook" - Gallery of examples for inspiration!
New History - Redesigned, Relaunched!
Spotify Jukebox for History Teachers
20th Century Dictators: Historiography - Why do dicators emerge?
20th Century Dictators: Feedback Process
20th Century Dictators - Research Template
20th Century Dictators: Introductory Historiography and Research Task
New for subscribers - View your access logs
Historical Anniversaries - "On This Day" and "In This Week"
Crazy Victorian Inventions - a Quiz!
Assembly Presentation: Reflection on the Results of the Left/Right Wing Computer Simulation
Critical Thinking - The 6-Hat Technique (Worksheet/Lesson Plan)
Assembly Presentation: What is critical thinking? (PSHCE)
Voting Systems: Which is the most truly democratic?
PSHCE Politics - Extremist political ideologies
PSHCE Politics - Design your 'ideal state'
Debate - Should the left/right wing computer simulation provide a 'middle way' option?
Are you Left or Right Wing? - Computer Simulation
History and Politics through PSHCE: Assembly Presentation: What is Politics?
Facebook Template
Undercover in Mussolini's Italy: new additions
Horatio Ramsbottom Industrial Revolution Game - add a class list!
Harvard Citation Generator
ActiveHistory Site Search Facility
Stalinism: The Betrayal, or the Natural Conclusion, of Leninism?
Lenin: Hero or Villain?
"Who Am I?" Challenge - The Events of World War One
The February Revolution: Caused, or Merely Accelerated, by the Great War?
Compare and Contrast the Role of Lenin and Trotsky between 1917-1924
Historiography of Stalin's Russia
How Communist were Lenin and Stalin?
IB History Extended Essay: Samples and Guidance
Glossary: Historiographical and Subject-Specific Terminology for History Extended Essays
Markscheme and Guidance: The Extended Essay in History
Step-by-Step Advice: Writing your Extended Essay in History
IB History Internal Assessment - guidance and examples
Events of the American Civil War - Mission C: Campaigns and Battles
The Rise of Single Party State Rulers: Summaries and Contrasts
What was the Social and Economic Impact of World War One upon two of the Countries Involved?
Events of the American Civil War - Mission B: Events and Themes
Events of the American Civil War - Classroom Simulation Part 1: People and Places
Fakebook Project - Key Figures of the American Civil War
Causes of the American Civil War - Video Project
Causes of the American Civil War - Students' Timeline Worksheet
Causes of the American Civil War - Teacher's Introductory Slideshow
Search by Topic / Period page - fully updated
American Civil War figures: "Fakebook" student projects
Practices of War - Comparisons and Contrasts
Model Essay: What were the most frequent causes of 20th Century Wars?
Introducing "Fakebook Animated"
"Who Am I?" Challenge - The Middle East to 1939
"Who Am I?" Challenge - The Chinese Civil War
"Who Am I?" Challenge - The USSR under Stalin
"Who Am I?" Challenge: The Rule of Lenin
"Who Am I?" Challenge - Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Revolutions
"Who Am I?" Challenge - The Origins of World War One
"Who Am I?" Challenge - Nazi Germany
"Who Am I?" Challenge - International Relations in the 1930s
"Who Am I?" Challenge - International Relations in the 1920s
"Who Am I?" Challenge - Fascist Italy
Causes of the Chinese Civil War
25 Years Ago Today (28th May 1987) - Red Square Scandal
50 Years Ago Today (31st May 1962) - Death of Adolf Eichmann
50 Years Ago Today (19th May 1962): Marilyn Monroe Sings to JFK
75 Years Ago Today (28th May 1937) - Neville Chamberlain became British Prime Minister
Create a Fake Facebook Profile
Causes of the Spanish Civil War: Summary and suggested linkage
Causes of World War One: What was Responsible?:
Causes of World War One - Who was Responsible?
The October Revolution: Popular Uprising, or Coup d'Etat?
Nicholas II- Why did Tsarism survive in 1905, but not 1917? How similar were the Causes of the February and the October Revolutions?
Alexander II and Alexander III - Contrasts and Comparisons Grid
The Reforms of Alexander II: Summary Grid
How far is it accurate to describe Alexander II as a reformer, and Alexander III as a reactionary?
Tsar Alexander II/III: Analysis of IB History Past Paper Questions
Middle East Timeline of Events, 1947-79
Middle East Timeline of Events, 1939-47
Middle East Mapwork Task - Change over Time
The Middle East Crisis 1914-1939 - The main issues for debate
How Successful was Mussolini as Ruler of Italy?
How Fascist was Fascist Italy?
How far is Fascism different from Marxism? How similar were Stalin and Mussolini as rulers of their countries?
High Stalinism: What policies characterised Stalin's final years?
Summary Notes: Compare and Contrast the Rise of Lenin and Mao
Summary Notes: Compare and Contrast the Rise of Stalin and Lenin
Model Essay: Compare and Contrast the Rise of Mao and Stalin
Model Essay: Compare and Contrast the Rise of Mao and Pinochet
Model Essay: Why did Mao emerge as leader of China?
Summary Grid - The Impact of World War One on various countries
Compare and Contrast the Impact of World War One and World War Two
Effects of War - Comparisons and Contrasts
Why did Mao win the Chinese Civil War?
Why did Germany Lose World War One?
Compare and Contrast the Impact of Foreign Involvement in the Russian Civil War and the Spanish Civil War
Causes of Wars - Comparisons and Contrasts
Causes, Practices, Effects of War - Overview of Past IB History Questions
A comprehensive list of useful topic quotes for the IB History Syllabus
Essential Historiographical Terms for IB
Analysing IB History Essay Question 'Command Terms'
Modern World History Facebook Fanpage
Practical Technologies for the Classroom - Facebook Group
IB History Curriculum Map
100 Years Ago Today (22nd April 1912) - First edition of Pravda
100 Years Ago Today (20th April 1912): Death of Bram Stoker
100 Years Ago Today (15th April 1912): Titanic Sinks
200 Years Ago Today (6th April 1812): Birth of Herzen
Transatlantic Slave Trade - new resources
Archive of #historyteacher tweets - now fully searchable!
The League and Disarmament in the 1920s: A Classroom Roleplay Exercise
Border Disputes in the 1920s: Diamond 9 Analysis
QR Treasure Hunt Creator - Search feature
ActiveHistory Mysteries: new student record sheet/markscheme
Modern World IGCSE History Revision, Summer 2012
Add your own cast of characters (i.e. students!) to ActiveHistory Decision-Making Games!
QR Code Treasure Hunt - the Gunpowder Plot
50 Years Ago Today (7th March 1962): First Beatles Radio Broadcast
100 Years Ago Today (29th March 1912) - Death of Scott
100 Years Ago Today (16th March 1912) - Death of Lawrence Oates
100 Years Ago Today (7th March 1912): First Paris-London Flight
125 Years Ago Today (23rd March 1887): Birth of Prince Felix Yusupov
150 Years Ago Today (9th March 1862) - Merrimack v. the Monitor
200 Years Ago Today (1st March 1812): Birth of Augustus Pugin
History Mystery: The Gunpowder Plot
National Minorities in Lenin's Russia
Model Essay on the Reign of Alexander III (Tsar Alexander III Roleplay Unit)
History on TV and Radio: Email Alerts now Available
Email Newsletter for ActiveHistory now available
40 Years Ago Today (21 Feb 1972): Nixon goes to China
50 Years Ago Today (20 Feb 1962): First American to orbit the Earth
50 Years Ago Today (10 Feb 1962): Gary Powers Released
100 Years Ago Today (10 Feb 1912): Death of Lister
150 Years Ago Today (11 Feb 1862): Death of Lizzie Siddal
150 Years Ago Today (1 Feb 1862): The Battle Hymn of the Republic
175 Years Ago Today (10 Feb 1837): Death of Pushkin
200 Years Ago Today (27 Feb 1812): Byron's Maiden Speech
End of Unit Factual Test (Tsar Alexander III Roleplay Unit)
Timeline of the Reign (Tsar Alexander III Roleplay Unit)
Debate Record Sheet (Tsar Alexander III Roleplay Unit)
Debate Preparation Worksheet (Tsar Alexander III Roleplay Unit)
Tsar Alexander III Roleplay Unit - 30 Slide Presentation
Investigating Racism through De Bono's "6 Hats" Approach (PSHCE)
Propaganda Posters of the Russian Civil War
PSHCE: Racism (Assembly Presentation)
War Communism - Lenin's Russia, Roleplay Unit
Lenin's Testament
The New Economic Policy - Lenin's USSR
The Kronstadt Rebellion and the Tambov Rebellion
The Bolshevik Victory in the Russian Civil War - Lenin's Russia, Roleplay Unit
The Red Terror - Lenin's Russia, Roleplay Unit
The Treaty of Brest Litovsk - Lenin's Russia, Roleplay Unit
The Constituent Assembly - Lenin's Russia, Roleplay Unit
The 1917 Decrees and the 1918 Constitution - Lenin's Russia, Roleplay Unit
Research Grid - Lenin's Russia, Roleplay Unit
25 Years Ago Today (10th Jan. 1987): Terry Wait Kidnapped
75 Years Ago Today (23rd Jan. 1937): Second Moscow Show Trial
75 Years Ago Today (19th Jan 1937): Howard Hughes breaks the air record
100 Years Ago Today (18th Jan. 1912) - Scott reaches the South Pole
100 Years Ago Today (5th January 1912): The Bolshevik Party was Formed
300 Years ago today (24th Jan. 1712): Birth of Frederick the Great
400 Years Ago Today (17th Jan. 1612) - Birth of Thomas Fairfax
600 Years Ago Today (6th Jan. 1412) - Birth of Joan of Arc
Who was the Greatest Figure of the Industrial Revolution?
Religious Events in the Early Modern Period - Overview timeline / research task
The Lutheran Reformation: Designing a Movie Poster / Trailer
10 Years Ago Today (29th Nov 2001): Death of George Harrison
20 years ago today (24th Nov 1991): Death of Freddie Mercury
25 Years Ago Today (29th Nov 1986): Death of Cary Grant
25 Years Ago Today (8th Nov 1986): Death of Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian statesman and diplomat
25 Years Ago Today (6th Nov 1986): Alex Ferguson was appointed manager of Manchester United FC
75 Years Ago Today (25th Nov. 1936): Anti-Comintern Pact
75 Years Ago Today (20th Nov. 1936): Death of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
100 Years Ago Today (1st Nov 1911): The first aerial bombing raid
150 Years Ago Today (7th Nov. 1861): American Civil War: Battle of Belmont, Missouri
200 Years Ago Today (16th Nov 1811): Birth of John Bright
400 Years Ago Today: (1st Nov 1611): ‘The Tempest’ was first performed
The French Revolution: A New Condensed Study Unit
Essay Planning: The October Revolution
Primary Source Analysis: Was the October Revolution a popular uprising, or a coup d'etat?
Factual Test: The Provisional Government and the October Revolution
The Provisional Government and the October Revolution - Structured Narrative
Timeline Task - The Provisional Government and the October Revolution
Historiography - The Provisional Government and the October Revolution
The Provisional Government / October Revolution: Overview
Mussolini's Italy: Two model essays on his domestic policies
Mussolini's Italy: Essential Teacher Notes on all key policy areas
Fascist Italy under Mussolini: Conclusions about the nature of Fascism
Fascist Italy under Mussolini: Primary Sources
Rule of Mussolini: Picture Quiz
Rule of Mussolini: What is Fascism?
The Causes and Events of the French Revolution: Condensed Study Unit
#historychat on Twitter - Technology in the History Classroom
Source Analysis Skills in History: #historychat
Raising the Profile of History in School: #historychat
Cross-Curricular Projects through History - #historychat
10 Years Ago Today (23 Oct 2001): Apple Computer released the first iPod digital music player
10 Years Ago Today (16 Oct 2001): Galileo visits Jupiter’s moon Io
20 Years Ago Today (24 Oct 1991): Death of Gene Roddenberry
25 Years Ago Today (12 Oct 1986): Cold War - Reykjavik summit
50 Years ago Today (31 Oct 1961) - Stalin's body removed from Lenin's Mausoleum
50 Years Ago Today (25 Oct 1961): The British satirical magazine ‘Private Eye’ was first published
50 Years ago today (17 Oct 1961): Algerian War – Paris massacre
Hitler's Foreign Policy Simulation - Now with a live leaderboard
How to set up a QR Code Treasure Hunt
Benito Mussolini's military uniform sells for £4000 at auction
Keyword Checker: What caused the February Revolution?
Vikings to return to Stamford Bridge
War hits home on Downton Abbey - Scotsman.com News
Rare Abraham Lincoln letter seen as turning point in U.S. Civil War to sell for $100,000 | Mail Online
Is This the Face of Jack The Ripper? : Discovery News
David Starkey is a master of the past, not the present | Art and design | guardian.co.uk
BBC News - Medieval artefacts hidden in church’s secret room
Black Death bug identified from medieval bones
20 Years Ago Today (24th Sep. 1991): Nirvana release 'Nevermind'
Classtools.net Quizzes: Events of the American Civil War
QR Code Treasure Hunt: The Events of the American Civil War
Interactive Simulation Game: The Events of the American Civil War
What should we call the American Civil War?
What can we learn from the songs of the Civil War?
Timeline Challenge: The Causes of the American Civil War
History Mystery: The Causes of the American Civil War
20 Years Ago Today (24th Sep. 1991): Death of Dr. Seuss
20 Years Ago Today (19th Sep. 1991): Discovery of Otzi the Iceman
30 Years Ago Today (10th Sep. 1981): Guernica returns to Spain
40 Years ago today (15th September 1971): Greenpeace Founded
Connecticut firemen attacked by insects are tested for bubonic plague | Mail Online
1st November 2011 - ActiveHistory Training Day, Bristol UK
David Starkey on Newsnight: BBC defends 'white have become black' debate | Mail Online
Stereoviews from the National Brunel Archive
Orlando Figes to give away royalties from next book
Letters: David Starkey's down with the kids take on culture | UK news | The Guardian
BBC News - Horrible Histories author: 'I don't like historians'
25 years ago today - 31 Aug 1986 Death of Henry Moore, British sculptor
30 years ago today - 25 Aug 1981 The U.S. space probe Voyager 2 reached Saturn
30 years ago today - 24 Aug 1981 Mark Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of British rock musician John Lennon
20 years ago today - 24 Aug 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned
150 years ago today - 22 Aug 1861 Birth of Mary Elizabeth Wood, American librarian and missionary
100 years ago today - 21 Aug 1911 Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa was stolen
20 years ago today - 19 Aug 1991 Attempted coup in the Soviet Union.
75 years ago today - 19 Aug 1936 Death of Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet and playwright
50 years ago today - 13 Aug 1961 East Germany sealed off the border between East and West Berlin
300 years ago today - 11 Aug 1711 The first horse race meeting at Ascot took place, initiated by Queen Anne
100 years ago today - 10 Aug 1911 British Members of Parliament voted to receive salaries for the first time
Captain Morgan's Pirate Ship Found : Discovery News
Colour pictures revealed of London blitz from Nazi bombers in World War II
Nazi Rudolf Hess exhumed from 'pilgrimage' grave
QR Code Generator for Classroom "Treasure Hunts"
'L'Aspirine et l'eau': How French cracked German WW1 invisible ink formula | Mail Online
Medieval Spanish 'jewel' stolen from cathedral - Europe, World - The Independent
Fakebook: Thomas Jefferson
BBC News - China marks 90 years of Communism
Relic of St Thomas Becket carried in procession to London Bridge [3 July 2011]
100 years ago (31 Jul 1910) American physician Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen was arrested aboard the SS Montrose
30 years ago (19 Jul 1980) The Moscow Olympics began. Dozens of nations boycotted the games due to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan
400 years ago (18 Jul 1610) Death of Caravaggio, Italian artist
25 years ago (13 Jul 1985) Live Aid. Two simultaneous concerts in London and Philadelphia, plus other venues including Sydney and Moscow, raised millions of pounds for victims of famine in Africa
75 years ago (12 Jul 1935) Death of Alfred Dreyfus, French soldier whose treason trial in 1894 (‘The Dreyfus Affair’) became one of Europe’s most tense political dramas
100 years ago (12 Jul 1910) Death of Charles Stewart Rolls, British driver, aviator and car manufacturer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce, first person to fly cross the Channel and back non-stop, first British pilot to die in a plane crash
50 years ago (11 Jul 1960) Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was published
25 years ago (10 Jul 1985): The Greenpeace campaign ship ‘Rainbow Warrior’ was sunk by two bomb explosions in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand
70 years ago (10 Jul 1940) World War II: The Battle of Britain began
200 years ago (9 Jul 1810): Napoleon annexed Holland and made his brother Louis its King
50 years ago (6 Jul 1960) Death of Aneurin (‘Nye’) Bevan, British politician responsible for establishing the National Health Service
Model Essay: Compare and contrast the rise to power of two single party state rulers
Feedback: Comparing and Contrasting the Rise of Two Single Party State Rulers
Compare and Contrast the Rise to Power of Two Single Party State Rulers
Factual Test: The Rise to power of Pinochet in Chile
Individual Research Task: The Rise to power of Pinochet in Chile
Powerpoint Starter: The Rise to power of Pinochet in Chile, 1973
The Rise to power of Pinochet in Chile: New IB study unit
Fakebook: Elmo
Free Technology for Teachers: How to Use Google Bookmarks
Free Technology for Teachers: Google Tutorials
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More – Google Apps for Education
First Trailer Released For Spielberg's "War Horse"
Using Google Apps with Grades 3-8
Mummy Stash Found in Italian Church: Photos
The British Involvement in the Spanish Civil War | History Today
Holocaust survivors angry that former concentration camp is charging visitors
What the Romans can teach us about refugees
Musicians in the Civil Rights Movement - Design a Civil Rights Music Compilation CD
Musicians in the Civil Rights Movement - Feedback on Musicians
Musicians in the Civil Rights Movement - PowerPoint Starter on 1968
Politicians in the Civil Rights Movement - In-depth Research: A Virtual Interview with Martin Luther King Jr.
Politicians in the Civil Rights Movement - Feedback on Politicians
Civil Rights Movement: Powerpoint Starter - What's going on in this image?
The Civil Rights Movement - Overview of civil rights campaigners
Sportspeople in the Civil Rights Movement - PowerPoint Starter
Sportspeople in the Civil Rights Movement - Feedback on Sportspeople
Politicians in the Civil Rights Movement - PowerPoint Starter
Civil Rights Movement - Individual Research Project: "Fakebook" Profile of a civil rights campaigner
*Google Apps Provisioning API Developer's Guide: PHP - Google Apps - Google Code
*Interacting with Google Apps users - PHP articles, tutorials and screencasts - PHP 5, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AJAX, Web 2.0
Google Apps API - Google Code
Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators
Half of Britons have German blood geneticists reveal
Fakebook: John Locke
Site backup - MoodleDocs
The Romanov Family Albums « HOW TO BE A RETRONAUT
Medieval Cathedrals: Interactive Game
Historical Anniversaries for July 2011
Leonardo Da Vinci's forerunner to machine gun is confirmed
Fakebook - New Helpsheet
Lost Michelangelo drawing tipped to fetch millions
25 years ago today (22nd June 1986) The ‘Hand of God’ goal – Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored a goal against England using his hand in the quarter-final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.
70 years ago today (22nd June 1941) World War II: Operation Barbarossa – Germany invaded the Soviet Union
150 years ago today (19th June 1861): Birth of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British field marshal who commanded Britain’s forces in France during WWI
50 years ago today (16th June 1961): Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris
200 years ago today (14th June 1811): Birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe, American abolitionist and novelist (‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’)
20 years ago today (12th June 1991): Boris Yeltsin became the first directly elected President of Russia. (Inaugurated 10th July)
250 years ago today (7th June 1761): Birth of John Rennie, Scottish civil engineer, built bridges, canals, docks and harbours throughout Britain
BBC News - Adolf Hitler 'honorary citizen' row grips Austria
"Renaissance Day" - a whole-school, cross-curricular project
Huge testicular tumour helps identify subject of 19th century portrait | Science | The Guardian
Medieval Cathedral Building: Worksheet
Keyword Checker: Compare and Contrast the reigns of Tsar Alexander II and Tsar Alexander III.
Keyword Checker: What were the main causes of tension in Palestine c.1914-1939?
Keyword Checker: What was the legacy of the Spanish Civil War?
Causes of the Spanish Civil War: Keyword Checker
Essay Keyword Checker: Why did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
Jack the Ripper "Wanted" poster template
History Teachers on Twitter
£12,000 for news snap of Queen Victoria: 1855 image captures monarch with Napoleon III | Mail Online
Origins of the Cold War, 1945-49: Telescopic Topic for Revision
Interactive Quiz for IB History: The Middle East 1945-1979
Former Nazi Camp Guard Gets Five Years
The Middle East Crisis c.1945-1979 (Revision): Debate: Does Israel only exist because of the support of the West?
The Middle East Crisis c.1945-1979 (Revision): Mapwork: The growth of Israel
The Middle East Crisis c.1945-1979 (Revision): Timeline of Key Events: Match the Dates
The Middle East Crisis c.1945-1979 (Revision): Picture Round and Terminology Quiz
The Middle East Crisis c.1945-1979 (Revision) Overview test of the entire period, 1945-1979
New Mexico Man Diagnosed With Bubonic Plague
Digital legacy: Archaeology of the future - tech - 03 May 2011 - New Scientist
Who Am I? Revision Challenge Quiz for IGCSE Modern World History
50 years ago today (25th May 1961): U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his famous ‘man on the moon’ speech
100 years ago today (18th May 1911): Death of Gustav Mahler
20 years ago today (14th May 1991): Nelson Mandela’s wife Winnie was sentenced to 6 years in jail
70 years ago today (10th May 1941): World War II: The last major attack on London during the Blitz
125 years ago today (8th May 1886): Coca-Cola first went on sale, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Claude Stanley Choules, the Last Known World War I Combat Veteran, Dies in Australia at 110 - NYTimes.com
IGCSE History Revision Quiz for 2011
Fakebook: Mr. Cube
IB History
GCSE HISTORY REVISION PODCASTS from history at hand
Middle East Historical Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
Fakebook: Henry VIII
Europe 1914: free blank maps, free outline maps
Origins of the Cold War to 1949: Revision quiz
Fakebook: Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg
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Fakebook: Joseph Goebbels
75 years ago today (19th April 1936): The Arab Revolt | ActiveHistory
Despite 5,000-Year History, Archaeology Flounders in Gaza Strip - FoxNews.com
Hole in the head: How medieval soldiers survived after battle thanks to early day brain surgery | Mail Online
The historical Rough Guide to everywhere: 16th century book mapping major cities is reprinted | Mail Online
IB Revision Quiz - "Who Am I?" interactive team challenge
Timeline Challenge: The 1967 6-Day War
Explore | DoInk.com
Fakebook: Create a fake profile!
Fakebook: Robert E. Lee
Fakebook: Field Marshal Montgomery
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Fakebook: Erwing 'The Desert Fox' Rommel
Fakebook: George S. Patton
Fakebook: Computer Virus
PE KS5 Telescopic Topic: Developing Muscular Fitness
Fakebook: Abraham Lincoln
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Fakebook: Germaine de Staël
Fakebook: Will Treaty
About '1,000 Relics' Stolen During Egypt Uprising : Discovery News
Dig for Mona Lisa's Bones to Begin
60 years ago today (29th April 1951): Death of Ludwig Wittgenstein
25 years ago today (26th April 1986): The world’s worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine, Soviet Union
75 years ago today (19th April 1936): The Arab Revolt
50 years ago today (17th April 1961): Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuba.
25 years ago today (14th April 1986): The USA launched major bombing raids on Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya, killing 60 people. (
80 years ago today (14th April 1931): The Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
50 years ago today (12th April 1961): Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth
30 years ago today (11th April 1981): Brixton riot, London.
20 years ago today (9th April 1991): Georgia declared its independence from the Soviet Union
25 years ago today (7th April 1986): British home computer pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair sold his entire computer product range and the Sinclair brand name to Amstrad
The Berlin Blockade: Timeline Challenge [Interactive]
"Fakebook" - create your own fake profile for a historical character or event!
Fakebook: Richard Rich
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Fakebook: Catherine II
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Fakebook: Sun Yixian
Fakebook: Peter I or Peter the Great
Fakebook: Woodrow Wilson
Milestones in Libya's Relations with the West
Rhetorica: Critical Meter, a primer on critical technique
Top Secret: Game to teach students about digital literacy
Gaza militants fire dozens of mortars into Israel
Did Britain try to assassinate Lenin?
Form in a Lightbox
Playing the 'what if' game is addictive - Rupert Cornwell, Commentators - The Independent
From James Cameron to Winston Churchill: Martin Bell on the ten greatest War correspondents | Mail Online
King Henry VIII's Madness Explained : Discovery News
World War I Submarine Found Off Dutch Coast
Vera Zasulich - Writings
Reaction and Modernization under Alexander III and Nicholas II remarks by Professor Blois
Korolenko Describes the Kishinev Pogrom of 1903
A Proclamation Inciting a Pogrom of the Jews, Easter, 1903
Letters from Tsar Nicholas to Tsaritsa Alexandra 1914-1917
Primary Sources - Unit Thirteen - The Age of Nationalism, 1850-1914 • Mr. Cowherd | Piedmont High School
100 schools where not one pupil studied GCSE history
Classroom Display Posters: 40 Key Terms for KS3 History
League of Nations in the 1920s: new resources
20 years ago today (14th March 1991): The ‘Birmingham Six’ were released from jail after their convictions for the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham, UK were declared unsafe
100 years ago today (16th March 1911): Birth of Josef Mengele, notorious German physician and Nazi officer who conducted medical experiments on inmates at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
150 years ago today (17th March 1861): The Kingdom of Italy was officially proclaimed
100 years ago today (19th March 1911): The first International Women’s Day was held
200 years ago today (20th March 1811): Birth of Napoleon II, King of Rome, only son of Napoleon Bonaparte
200 years ago today (31st March 1811): Birth of Robert Bunsen, German chemist who pioneered the fields of spectrum analysis and photochemistry and invented several laboratory tools and analytical methods
25 years ago today (30th March 1986): Death of James Cagney, legendary American film actor
100 years ago today (26th March 1911): Birth of Tennessee Williams, American playwright of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’.
100 years ago today (25th March 1911): Birth of Jack Ruby, American nightclub owner who shot dead Lee Harvey Oswald (alleged assassin of President Kennedy).
50 years ago today (21st March 1961): The Beatles gave their first performance at The Cavern Club, Liverpool
GCSE Modern World History: Video
Origins of the Cold War: IGCSE Source pack and resources
The REAL pirates of the Caribbean: Cannons belonging to bloodthirsty buccaneer Henry Morgan recovered in Panama
Frank Buckles, Last WWI Veteran, Dies: Big Pic
Police mugshots of 19th century women criminals revealed
Mead set to make a comeback after hundreds of years
First World War veteran is the last man standing at 110
James Watt: Scientists create sculpture of Industrial Revolution engineer using 3D technology
20 years ago (28 Feb. 1991) The Gulf War ended - a ceasefire came into effect at midnight.
60 years ago (26th Feb. 1951): The U.S. Constitution’s 22nd Amendment: this limited the President to two terms in office.
25 years ago (20th Feb. 1986): The USSR launched the Mir space station.
40 years ago (15th Feb. 1971): Britain adopted the decimal currency.
Mysterious Manuscript's Age Determined
Finns to revive beer from 19th century shipwreck
Abraham Lincoln 'wanted to deport slaves' to new colonies
Tuviah Friedman, Tireless Pursuer of Nazis, Dies at 88
Horrible Histories: The best laughs are on children's TV
A medieval mural depicting Henry VIII has been uncovered by a couple renovating their home
Are Revolutions Contagious?
Keyword checker: A tool for developing essay skills
"Twister" - Create a "Tweet" from a fictional/historical character
Causes of the Spanish Civil War: Dynamic Essay-Planning Tool
Plagiarizr: Free plagiarism detector for teachers
The League of Nations in the 1920s: Revision Notes
School Staff Lead Students to Believe World War III Has Started
Edison's Predictions for the Year 2011 (1911)
Henri's Head identified
Timeline of Middle East events, 1914-1939, plus factual test
Victorian Entrepreneur Game - now with leaderboard / new worksheets
History study needs facts first, analysis later | Education | The Guardian
The King's Speech: True blood or right royal dud?
Spain's Basque separatists Eta call 'permanent truce'
How fearless Forty Elephants girl gang terrorised 19th century London
Resources for Holocaust Memorial Day (27th Jan.)
Historical Anniversaries for August 2011
League of Nations in the 1920s
The 16th century diagrams that detail the world's first nose job
World War One Battlefields Trip Exhibition: Advice and Resources
Historical Anniversaries for June 2011
Historical Anniversaries for May 2011
Historical Anniversaries for April 2011
Historical Anniversaries for March 2011
Historical Anniversaries for February 2011
150 years ago today (18th Feb. 1861): Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of the Confederate States
350 years ago today (30 Jan 1661): Cromwell executed...even though dead already
90 years ago (28 Jan 1921): Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
25 years ago today (28 Jan 1986): Challenger disaster
25 years ago (23 Jan 1986): Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame established
50 years ago (20 Jan 1961): John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States
100 years ago today (17 Jan 1911): Death of Sir Francis Galton
20 years ago today (16 Jan 1991): The Gulf War begins
150 years ago today (9 Jan 1861): First shots of the American Civil War
65 years ago today (3 Jan 1946): Execution of Lord Haw-Haw
Geraldine Huff Doyle, WWII Icon, Dies: Big Pic
The Return of Fascism in Russia
Judge H. Lee Sarokin: What Do Sarah Palin and Marie Antoinette Have in Common?
150 years ago (29 Dec 1860): Britain’s first iron-hulled warship, ‘HMS Warrior’, was launched in London
Second world war mine detonated on Suffolk beach
History teaching: 'A total disgrace' (?)
The Rise of Stalin: Complete scheme of Work with Teacher Versions
Why did Stalin become leader of the USSR? - essay planning task
Compare and Contrast the Rise of Mao and Stalin
Sourcework Assignment Pack: Weimar Germany
Sourcework Assignment Pack: International Relations in the 1930s
Sourcework Assignment Pack: The Peace Treaties after World War One
Sourcework assignment Pack: Causes of World War One
The Growth of Political Opposition in the Reign of Alexander II
Tsar Alexander II: Complete scheme of work with teacher notes
Random Name / Word Picker
History Mystery: Operation Mincemeat
Scroggie Scrooge was not so tight after all, find historians
History Mystery: Antoine de St. Exupery
History Mystery: The Dreadnought Hoax
History Mystery: The Franklin Expedition
History Mystery: The Princes in the Tower
History Mystery: The Murder of Archbishop Becket
History Mysteries: Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Markschemes
Mummified head is skull of Henri IV, say historians
Custer's Last Flag Hits Auction Block
French Revolution Simulation now with highscore board
BBC hopes Horrible Histories will throw a new spin on the past
A Short History of the Advent Calendar
Archaeology Treasure Pompeii Continues Collapse
5th December 1960 (50 years ago today) Boynton v. Virginia: The U.S. Supreme Court declares segregation in public transit to be illegal.
Three Children's Baftas for Horrible Histories
Why North Korean strike will not trigger world war three
Recently rediscovered diary of a WW1 German soldier tells grim tale of life and death on the Western Front
Drunk teen high-fived pals after urinating on WW1 memorial
‘Unique’ battlefield gun discovery on Towton battlefield
Abraham Lincoln is not an American, decides Spielberg
Western Front - Google Maps Tour
Menin Gate: Worksheet
World War One Battlefields Tour in Google Earth
World War One Battlefields Tour: Itinerary and Resources
Councillor: Black History Month “left-wing vanity”
16th Century gold treasure found
School history gets the TV treatment
Essence of Che, Marie Antoinette at 367-Year-Old Candle Maker's N.Y. Shop
1066 and the Battle of Hastings Simulation - now with a live "leaderboard"!
Last British veteran of WW1 refuses to mark Remembrance Day
23rd November 1860 (150 years ago today) Billy the Kid was born
20th November 1910 (100 years ago today) Tolstoy died
8th November 1960 (50 years ago today) United States presidential election, 1960 (50 years ago today): In a close race, John F. Kennedy is elected over Richard M. Nixon, becoming (at 43) the youngest man elected President.
New Titanic artefacts on display
Romans 'were first to invent the eco-friendly house'
Painting of Henry VIII's 'Lost' Palace For Sale
First Russian Pig in Space
Dinosaur Skull Found in Church
Simon de Montfort and the Cathars
Louis XVI's Blood May Be Hidden Inside Decorated Gourd
Thousands evacuated in France for Second World War bomb disposal
Truth about German diplomats' collusion in Holocaust is revealed
Curiosity is banned at Westfield High
Brought to book with Orlando Figes
Castle Building Simulation - Now with a Leaderboard!
Telescopic Topic: The Weimar Republic
3D scanner turns back time for 17th century timepiece
Wolfram Tones: A new way of creating music (RT @russeltarr)
Sourcework examination: The Yom Kippur War and its Aftermath
Research Task: Nixon, Kissinger, Meir, Sadat, Brezhnev
"Fill the Gaps" Quiz: The Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War
The Palestinian Diaspora: Quiz
The Palestinian Diaspora
World War Two heroes to mark 70 years of the Mosquito
Improve history in schools? Put Simon Schama in every classroom
Ten Great Holocaust Films You May Have Missed
Mystery Bronze Age Civilization Discovered, Archaeologist Claims
Mystery Bronze Age Civilization Discovered, Archaeologist Claims
Parisian flat containing 2.1 million Euro painting lay untouched for 70 years
Rare Titanic Letter Heads for Auction: Big Pics
Simon Schama's appointment as history tsar an insult, says Mary Beard
Michelangelo's er..Tracey? - mirror.co.uk
Yersinia pestis bacteria confirmed as cause of Middle Ages 'Black Death' plague epidemic
Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war | Video on TED.com
Mathematics and War - History Teachers' Discussion Forum
Can you WEATHER and ERODE this vocabulary? Geology KS4 Quiz
Simon Schama to advise ministers on overhaul of history curriculum
The July Crisis: Decision-Making Exercise
Julia Margaret Cameron, Photographer (Getty Exhibitions)
History Mysteries: The Franklin Expedition
Trench Warfare Simulation: Now with a live Highscore board
Germany marks 20 years as reunified nation
Why has Germany taken so long to pay off its WWI debt?
Economy of Nazi Germany
Who says that the Stalinist art of doctoring photos is dead?
Germany end World War One reparations after 92 years with £59m final payment
18th century pistol taken from Italian museum is returned 66 years later after deathbed wish of British soldier with 'troubled conscience'
Rick Steves' Europe: Oradour-Sur-Glane
Horaires d'ouvertures et tarifs - CENTRE DE LA MEMOIRE - Oradour sur Glane
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar: Amazon.co.uk: Simon Sebag Montefiore: Books
Mao's way - Google Books
Mao - Google Books
Resistance and revolution in China ... - Google Books
Modern China: Mao Tse-tung
Cambridge historian dies after junior doctor misses heart condition
Lenin’s view of Trotsky
The Conspirator: Abraham Lincoln's 9/11
Art Historians May Have Uncovered Origin of Blue Jeans
Causes of World War Simulation
12th October 1960 (50 years ago today) Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a table at a United Nations General Assembly meeting, to protest at the discussion of Soviet Union policy toward Eastern Europe.
29th September 1810 (200 years ago today) Elizabeth Gaskell was born
27th September 1960 (50 years ago today) Sylvia Pankhurst died
26th September 1960 (50 years ago today) Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy, participate in the first televised presidential debate.
25th October 1760 (250 years ago today) George II of England died
30th October 1960 (50 years ago today) Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom, at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
19th October 1810 (200 years ago today) Cassius Clay, anti-slavery campaigner, was born
17th October 1660 (350 years ago today) The 10 Regicides are hanged, drawn and quartered.
17th October 1610 (400 years ago today) Louis XIII of France was crowned
Cat organ that amused Prince of Wales dates back to 16th Century
France condemns Castro Roma 'holocaust' remark
Controversial historian David Irving outrages Poles with death camp tour
Poems and messages from injured WW1 soldiers emerge after 92 years - Telegraph
Obama wrongly attributes quotes on his new Oval Office rug to Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln
Obama wrongly attributes quotes on his new Oval Office rug to Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln
Medieval diet aids healthy eating message
Medieval diet aids healthy eating message
Dry weather makes 2010 'vintage year for archaeology' says English Heritage
Dry weather makes 2010 'vintage year for archaeology' says English Heritage
Balloon Debate: PowerPoint template
London in the blitz: How crime flourished under cover of the blackout
London in the blitz: How crime flourished under cover of the blackout
Marcel Albert, Air Ace of France in World War II, Dies at 92
Marcel Albert, Air Ace of France in World War II, Dies at 92
Council boss campaigning for Magna Carta holiday
Council boss campaigning for Magna Carta holiday
TV historian at centre of battle to halt ramblers from using a footpath across his front garden
TV historian at centre of battle to halt ramblers from using a footpath across his front garden
US Holocaust Museum, others criticize Romania's central bank for minting 'anti-Semitic' coin
US Holocaust Museum, others criticize Romania's central bank for minting 'anti-Semitic' coin
Veterans jeer Blackpool woman who urinated on memorial
Veterans jeer Blackpool woman who urinated on memorial
Aztec remains found in pots under Mexico City
Aztec remains found in pots under Mexico City
'I wrote 2U B4'! British Library shows up textspeak as soooo 19th century
'I wrote 2U B4'! British Library shows up textspeak as soooo 19th century
Lessons From the Medieval Warm Period
Lessons From the Medieval Warm Period
A fading finest hour?
A fading finest hour?
Tall tales from history: Are historians best placed to write historical fiction?
Tall tales from history: Are historians best placed to write historical fiction?
Domesday Book details made available in map form
Domesday Book details made available in map form
*The Middle East c.1914-1967: Complete Study Units / Teacher Notes for IB!*
The Six-Day War - Classroom Debate
The Six Day War of 1967: Timeline Analysis
Introduction and Overview - the 6-Day War of 1967
The Suez Crisis: Historiography and Conclusions
The Suez Crisis: Tension Erupts
The Suez Crisis: Tension Builds
The Suez Crisis: Roleplay Exercise
The Suez Crisis of 1956 - Background: The Palestinian Refugee Problem after 1948
Why did Israel win the war of 1948-49?
Factual Test: Declaration of the State of Israel and the War of 1948-49
Declaration of the State of Israel and the War of 1948-49
UNSCOP and the Debate about the Future of Palestine, 1947: Factual Test
UN Debate on Partition of the Middle East
UN Debate on Partition of the Middle East: Roleplay
UN Debate on the Future of the Middle East: The Reality
UN Debate on the Future of the Middle East: Roleplay Investigation
Telescopic Topic: The Middle East Conflict from 1914-47 [interactive]
Timeline Challenge: The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1939-47 [interactive]
Why did Britain decide to pull out of the Palestinian Mandate in 1947?
What were the main developments in the Middle East between 1939-47?
IB Higher Level History Task: To what extent did Britain make conflicting promises about the future of the Middle East during World War One?
Standard Level Task: Why was the Ottoman Empire unable to contain the Arab Revolt of 1916?
Timeline Challenge: The Arab-Israeli Conflict up to 1939
Timeline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict up to 1939
Introduction to the Middle East Conflict
Tony Judt, author, historian and one of Britain's bravest men, dies at 62
Tony Judt, author, historian and one of Britain's bravest men, dies at 62
Fidel Castro addresses parliament after four-year gap
Fidel Castro addresses parliament after four-year gap
Channel Listings for History Programmes on UK TV and Radio
1066 and all those baby names
1066 and all those baby names
150-Year-Old Lost Ship Found in Arctic
150-Year-Old Lost Ship Found in Arctic
BBC News - Israel-Lebanon border clash kills five people
BBC News - Israel-Lebanon border clash kills five people
US Dollar Will Lose Reserve Currency Status, Harvard's Niall Ferguson Says - Bloomberg
US Dollar Will Lose Reserve Currency Status, Harvard's Niall Ferguson Says - Bloomberg
Revealed: Industrial Revolution was powered by child slaves
Revealed: Industrial Revolution was powered by child slaves
26th August 1910 (100 years ago today) - Mother Teresa was born
17th August 1960 (50 years ago today) - The trial of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow.
13th August 1910 (100 years ago today) - Florence Nightingale died
18th July 1610 (400 years ago today) Michelangelo and Caravaggio died
13th August 1860 (150 years ago today) - Annie Oakley was born
10th August 1810 (200 years ago today) - Cavour was born
6th August 1660 (350 years ago today) - Velazquez Died
The false teeth that 'helped win WWII' are auctioned
The false teeth that 'helped win WWII' are auctioned
Filmmaker Stone Apologizes for Remark on Holocaust, Jewish Media Influence
Filmmaker Stone Apologizes for Remark on Holocaust, Jewish Media Influence
Galileo's Lost Fingers Join Medici Treasures in Florence Museum
Galileo's Lost Fingers Join Medici Treasures in Florence Museum
Who was the man behind the diaries, Samuel Pepys?
Who was the man behind the diaries, Samuel Pepys?
250 WW1 heroes are finally laid to rest..but only one Brit can be identified
250 WW1 heroes are finally laid to rest..but only one Brit can be identified
Orlando Figes to pay fake Amazon review damages
Orlando Figes to pay fake Amazon review damages
Auschwitz 'I will survive' dance video is internet sensation
Auschwitz 'I will survive' dance video is internet sensation
Barack Obama compared to Hitler and Lenin in Tea Party billboard
Barack Obama compared to Hitler and Lenin in Tea Party billboard
'Biggest canal ever built by Romans' discovered
'Biggest canal ever built by Romans' discovered
Historians locate King Arthur's Round Table
Causes of the Spanish Civil War
Causes for the Collapse of Communism
James Spod: Undercover in Mussolini's Italy
German artists creates Holocaust memorial with 25,000 plaques on sidewalks across Europe
France's new medieval castle
Niall Ferguson: 'What would the left wing do without me?'
Rare Napoleon memorabilia, including a lock of his hair, sold in New Zealand auction
List of French who collaborated with Nazis to be published online
Man facing jail over Hitler ringtone
Stalin falls from grace in last bastion - his birthplace
BBC News - History, with rose-tinted hindsight
Teachers 'arrested for stealing Auschwitz memento'
Is it time for Hitler and Henry to make way for Cromwell? - Education News, Education - The Independent
Nurse in famous WW2 Times Square photograph dies
Incoming D-Day Memorial chief stands by Stalin bust
Winston Churchill 'agonised' over finest hour speech, papers reveal
First World War Bosnian postcard finally reaches family
Benito Mussolini's diaries 'hidden near Swiss border'
[Test post]
Historical Anniversaries for July 2010
22nd July 1910 (100 years ago today) A wireless telegraph sent from the S.S. Montrose results in the identification and later arrest and execution of murderer Dr. Hawley Crippen.
11th July 1960 (50 years ago today) Harper Lee releases her critically acclaimed novel To Kill a Mockingbird
6th July 1960 (50 years ago today) Aneurin Bevan died
5th July 1810 (200 years ago today) Phineas T. Barnum was born
4th July 1910 (100 years ago today) African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats James J. Jeffries (Film!)
4th July 1910 (100 years ago today) Schiaparelli died
1st July 1860 (150 years ago today) Charles Goodyear died
Michelangelo hid anatomical sketches in Sistine Chapel in Church attack
Napoleon 'hoped to conquer Britain from St Helena'
Archaeologist finds World Cup 'omen' badge
Hitler memorabilia 'attracts young Indians'
Winston Churchill's cigar airbrushed from picture
Why Bollywood's film about Hitler is profoundly misguided
Destroying monuments to Stalin a silly attempt to rewrite history: Gorbachev
Sir Andrew Burns named as first post-Holocaust envoy
Stalin-era mass grave yields tonnes of bones
German neo-Nazi parties 'consider merger'
Mikhail Gorbachev: Russia's elder statesman still at home with power
Medieval life 'could teach us about debt-free living'
Mussolini and Italian Fascism: Factual Tests
Essay planning: Mussolini's Domestic Policies
Mussolini and Fascist Italy
Introductory Prezi: Mussolini and Fascist Italy
Mussolini and Fascist Italy: Overview
Russia says probe into 1940 katyn massacre can't be reopened
Three dead as Second World War bomb explodes in Germany
Historiography: The Historians and their Sources
Theory of Knowledge
The Historians and their Sources
Theory of Knowledge in History
Silvio Berlusconi compares himself to Mussolini
Artists take on the new cult of Stalin
Historians are seedy and horrible, says Terry Deary, children’s author
Stalin blocked two attempts to kill Hitler, Russian general says
'Pink Hitler' advertisement upsets Sicilians
Miliband's escape from The Holocaust
Hitler Fashion Ad Causes Controversy In Sicily
Russian court rejects Stalin libel case brought by grandson
Face of Stirling Castle warrior reconstructed
5th June 1910 (100 years ago today) Christopher Cockerell was born
8th June 1810 (200 years ago today) Schumann was born
30th June 1860 (150 years ago today) The historic debate about evolution is held at the Oxford University Museum.
10th June 1910 (100 years ago today) Howlin’ Wolf was born
Mussolini's monsters: Should the Modernist holiday camps of Fascist Italy be saved?
USSR planned nuclear attack on China in 1969
Briefing: Computer traders blamed for Wall Street crash
Foreign troops join Russia's Victory Day parade
The London haunts of VI Lenin
"History in the Headlines" - New RSS address
Simon Bolivar died of arsenic poisoning
Adolf Hitler 'did not shoot himself'
FTSE falls for 4th day on Greek contagion fears | Reuters
Hologram artefacts go on display at Llangollen museum
Historian facing Spanish tax bill for First World War hero
Stalin bus begins driving through St Petersburg
Medieval black Briton found
'I penned negative Amazon reviews' - Historian Figes
Decline and collapse of communism in eastern europe
Training Day Opportunity from ActiveHistory
31st May 1910 (100 years ago today) Elizabeth Blackwell, pioneer for women's rights, died
27th May 1910 (100 years ago today) Death of Robert Koch
30th May 1960 (50 years ago today) Boris Pasternak died
17th May 1510 (500 years ago today) Botticelli, Renaissance Artist died
15th May 1960 (50 years ago today) Sputnik 4 is launched into Earth orbit
14th May 1610 (400 years ago today) Henry IV of France was assassinated
12th May 1860 (150 years ago today) Charles Barry, architect of the Houses of Parliament in London, died
11th May 1960 (50 years ago today) In Buenos Aires, 4 Mossad agents abduct fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann
10th May 1960 (50 years ago today) The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the Earth.
6th May 1960 (50 years ago today) President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law.
6th May 1910 (100 years ago today) King Edward VII of England died
2nd May 1860 (150 years ago today) Theodore Herzl was born
1st May 1960 (50 years ago today): U2 Spy Plane Incident
Spain under Primo de Rivera
Women During World War One
The Soviet Union under Khrushchev
The Duke of Northumberland
Head2Head Virtual Interview with Henry VIII
Head2Head Virtual Interview with William the Conqueror
Head2Head Interview with Josef Stalin
IGCSE Collapse of Communism - Interactive Cartoon Analysis
2010 | Who should you vote for in the UK general election?
Sourcework Tips: Decline and Collapse of Soviet Control in Eastern Europe
Decline and Collapse of Soviet Control in Eastern Europe - Role of Gorbachev
Decline and Collapse of Soviet Control in Eastern Europe - External Factors
MazeGame: The Chinese Civil War and the Rise of Mao
Chinese Civil War - Essay Writing Task
Jigsaw Table Exercise: The Chinese Civil War and the Rise of Mao
The Chinese Civil War - Individual Research Task
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German involvement in the Spanish Civil War: Quiz
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What was Jack's personality like? - the "Dear Boss" letter
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Overview of the Reign of Tsar Nicholas II, 1894-1917
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Causes of World War One Quiz
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Nazi Economic Policies: Quiz
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Political Cartoons - The Versailles Peace Treaty
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Nazi Germany Mega Challenge!
Impact of War on Nazi Germany
Opposition in Nazi Germany
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Nazi Economic Policies - GCSE History Quiz
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The Battle of Hastings: Fling the Teacher Quiz
Korean War Quiz
Truman's Dismissal of MacArthur
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Source Work at GCSE / IGCSE History
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Video Worksheet [2]: Who were the top suspects?
Historiography: Quotes about History and Historians
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Yalta and Potsam: How similar were they?
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Berlin Blockade Interactive Newsfeed
The Yalta Conference: Photographs as evidence
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Cold War Timeline
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1066 and the Battle of Hastings: Quiz
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Portraits as Propaganda: Elizabeth I
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The Cathars - A complete Scheme of Work with Resources
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Historiography: Historians' Views on the Causes of World War One (designed for A-Level / IB History)
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The Flight to Varennes
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GCSE Crime and Punishment: New Resources page
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Middle East Conflict: Google Earth Tours
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Google Earth Database: Submit a Resource function
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Google Earth for Historians: Searchable Database
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