ActiveHistory Updates http://activehistory.co.uk/updates A diary of the games, worksheets and quizzes added to the site! Sun, 11 May 2008 14:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Debate: Was Tsarist Russia on the verge of collapse in 1914? http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/debate-was-tsarist-russia-on-the-verge-of-collapse-in-1914/ http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/debate-was-tsarist-russia-on-the-verge-of-collapse-in-1914/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 11:05:18 +0000 Russel Tarr http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/debate-was-tsarist-russia-on-the-verge-of-collapse-in-1914/ Tsarist Russia under Nicholas IIFor IB / A-Level historians. After the above essay question has been set, students could prepare for and deliver this debate, the findings of which can then feed into their set essays.

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]]> http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/debate-was-tsarist-russia-on-the-verge-of-collapse-in-1914/feed/ Was Tsarist Russia on the verge of collapse in 1914? http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/was-tsarist-russia-on-the-verge-of-collapse-in-1914/ http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/was-tsarist-russia-on-the-verge-of-collapse-in-1914/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 11:04:31 +0000 Russel Tarr http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/was-tsarist-russia-on-the-verge-of-collapse-in-1914/ Tsarist Russia under Nicholas IIFor IB / A-Level historians. An essay planning task. How could such a written piece be structured? Some general advice is followed by a “skeleton” essay framework for those students lacking the confidence to structure a piece themselves at this early stage.

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]]> http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/was-tsarist-russia-on-the-verge-of-collapse-in-1914/feed/ The Impact of World War One Upon Russia: Note-taking exercise http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/the-impact-of-world-war-one-upon-russia-note-taking-exercise/ http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/the-impact-of-world-war-one-upon-russia-note-taking-exercise/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 11:07:11 +0000 Russel Tarr http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/the-impact-of-world-war-one-upon-russia-note-taking-exercise/ Tsarist Russia under Nicholas IIFor IB / A-Level historians. Obviously an important factor in the downfall of the regime, although exactly how important depends on the conclusions students reached in their written essay. In this task, students are provided with a basic overview of the main events in the war, and then the teacher provides several ways in which students could organise their notes. The purpose of this lesson is to develop note-taking skills rather than allowing students to feel that they can rely purely on worksheets.

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]]> http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/the-impact-of-world-war-one-upon-russia-note-taking-exercise/feed/ GCSE History Source Work http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/igcse-gcse-history/gcse-history-source-work/ http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/igcse-gcse-history/gcse-history-source-work/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 12:47:00 +0000 Russel Tarr http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/igcse-gcse-history/gcse-history-source-work/ Sourcework Exercise: The Causes of World War One
Six important sources, each one looking at a different cause of the World War One, with GCSE History questions and suggested approaches.

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]]> http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/igcse-gcse-history/gcse-history-source-work/feed/ The Duma Era: 1906-1914 http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/the-duma-era-1906-1914/ http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/the-duma-era-1906-1914/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 11:03:05 +0000 Russel Tarr http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/key-stage/ib-history/the-duma-era-1906-1914/ Tsarist Russia under Nicholas IIFor IB / A-Level historians. Outlines the Tsar’s relationship with the political parties who took part in the representative assembly he set up in the October Manifesto. How would he justify undermining their powers in the Fundamental Laws and his increasingly undemocratic voting system?

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