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  The Silk Roads Adventure

  An online simulation: students journey around the ancient Silk Roads trying to make their fortune
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  Voyages of Discovery

  An online simulation: students traverse the oceans searching for spices and learning about key explorers
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  Interview Winston Churchill

  An artificial intelligence application allows students to interview Churchill, forming part of a comprehensive study unit.
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  Time Machine Journey to the Middle Ages

  Journey around the Medieval town and village trying to find the missing pieces of your time machine!
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  The Rise of Stalin: A Sweet Roleplay Exercise!

  This interactive exercise forms part of the ActiveHistory unit on Stalin's Rise to Power. Students take the role of five key members of the Politburo at the end of 1922. The respective power of these figures is represented by distributing a large bag of sweets between them.
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  Castles: Defence and Attack

  A game of strategy: Spend your budget on your choice of features, then read a story of how your castle fares when faced with attack! Complete with worksheet and extension activities. There's even a live 'leaderboard' to check the progress of your students!
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  Stairway to Heaven, or Highway to Hell?

  In this interactive exercise, students answer a series of questions about their beliefs, hobbies and interests; a Medieval priest (Flatulence O' Flaherty) then tells them what "sins" they are guilty of and - based on their asnwers - what the best way is for them to gain God's forgiveness (e.g. Pilgrim, Monk, Crusader). This activity teaches students about the beliefs and then the practices of the medieval church and comes complete with a worksheet.
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  Undercover in Renaissance Florence

  A major decision-making game designed to teach students about the key events, characters and concepts of the period.
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  History podcast database

  This @activehistory project links to thousands of podcasts. It's part of the ActiveHistory 20th Century Research Project.
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  Undercover in Imperial Rome

  In this simulation, you are a Centurion in the Roman army. You will have the chance to explore Ancient Rome and learn about its emperors, inventions and achievements.
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  Who was to blame for World War One?

  This simulation will help you understand the causes of World War One. You will take the role of Kaiser Wilhelm II, ruler of Germany. You will decide how to react to the problems you face.
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  Which 20th Century Dictator are YOU?

  A simulation to compare and contrast the methods and conditions through which dictators rose to power. Complete with self-study workpack enabling students to turn their findings into a rigorous essay.
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  American Civil War simulation

  A decision-making game for one or two players, complete with structured worksheets
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  Wall Street Crash simulation

  Students use a series of historical data points to decide whether to buy or sell shares, then measure the progress of their wealth.
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  1066: the Year of three kings

  Students use a series of historical data points to decide whether to buy or sell shares, then measure the progress of their wealth.
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  Was Charles I to blame for the English Civil War?

  In this game you will take the role of King Charles, and decide how to run your country. At the end of the game you will be told how likely it is that your decisions would have plunged England into a bitter Civil War!
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  Interview King Henry VIII

  An artificial intelligence application allows students to interview the Tudor monarch
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  Who was Jack the Ripper?

  In this complete study unit and interactive simulation, students develop their sourcework skills to form their own substantiated judgement on the identity of the Whitechapel Murderer
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  Life in the Trenches: Simulation

  In this game students take the role of a British soldier who joins World War One in 1914. By playing this game they will learn about the conditions which soldiers lived and fought in, and the dangers they faced.
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  The Black Death: causes, spread and impact

  A self-marking assessment testing both factual knowledge and sourcework skills. Students can play the game for as long as they wish, then at the end they are presented with two scores in the form of a certificate, both of which can be handed to the teacher to put into the markbook.
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  Can you survive the Middle Passage?

  Take on the role of a kidnapped young African and see how well you can maintain your strength in the harrowing "Middle Passage" across the Atlantic in this decision-making activity. Complete with five different lesson plans.
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  James Spod: Undercover in Nazi Germany!

  Students learn about the political and social landscape of the Third Reich whilst on a decision-making mission to eliminate the evil dictator Adolf Hitler.
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  History Display Materials

  Dozens of high-resolution educational posters and other stimulus designed specifically to be printed off and put around your history classroom.
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  Causes of the French Revolution

  Could you have prevented the French Revolution from happening? Would you have survived it? Play this decision-making game to find out!

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