A 20-question factual test designed to accompany the interactive simulation for IB / A2 History students investigating Stalin’s Five-Year-Plans
Month: November 2007
The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler: Worksheet
After studying the Weimar Republic on its own terms, students should turn their attention in more detail to the activities of Adolf Hitler during the Weimar period. This worksheet is designed to accompany the first part of the excellent video documentary “The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler (1989)” (30 mins). Sadly I don’t think it’s…
Causes of World War One Quiz
A new quiz for GCSE / IGCSE History.
The Culture of the Weimar Republic
The positive achievements of the Weimar Republic are easily overlooked. This project encourages students to investigate the cultural vibrancy of the Republic by producing a “virtual tour” around the Berlin of the 1920s.
Stalin’s Henchmen – Kaganovich, Mikoyan, Molotov, Kirov, Yagoda, Sergo, Vorishilov
A short factual test to follow on from the more detailed worksheet earlier on in this unit.
Hitler’s Consolidation of Power: Introduction
An overview of the main themes and historical questions to generate student interest. Covers the Reichstag Fire, the Night of the Long Knives.
Stalin’s Henchmen
Stalin’s Henchmen – A worksheet which gives students the opportunity to investigate the key characters at the Court of the Red Tsar: Mikoyan, Kaganovich, Kirov, Yagoda, Molotov, Voroshilov, Sergo.
Factual Test: The Weimar Republic 1918-33
After students have completed both parts of the ActiveHistory computer simulation, their factual recall can be measured using this 25-question test.
Why did Stalin become leader of the USSR?
Essay Assignment: Why did Stalin become leader of the USSR? – Students are given a long list of factors which they have to categorise and then turn into a written piece to consolidate their understanding of Stalin’s rise to power.
Random Name Picker
This is a simple activity which is a great way of rounding off a unit and revising important dates, concepts and people. It can also be used to randomly pick a name from a list of students. You can copy and paste your data direct from Word, Excel and other programs.
Arcade Game Generator
This is a powerful interface: you create one set of questions, then you can choose from four different interactive quizzes. Your question sets can be saved for future development and editing, and even hosted on a website as HTML pages!
Witchcraft Trial – Updated Activity Worksheet
I have updated the popular witchcraft trial lesson plan and trial worksheet to include follow up questions designed to get students thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of both the adversarial justice system, and also of jury trials. This ensures that the trial itself is rounded off with some reflective questions rather than just a…
Stalin’s Rise to Power – The struggle for succession, 1924-29
The struggle for succession, 1924-29 – A worksheet which outlines the way in which Stalin rose to power by playing off various factions within the party against each other.
The Night of the Long Knives
Information, sources and tasks outlining how and why Hitler crushed the Ernst Rohm and the SA in June 1934.
Political Parties in Weimar Germany
Display Task: Useful as an extension or as a homework activity. Students are provided with a diagram of the main political parties in Weimar Germany. They use this as the basis for some propaganda posters for classroom display.
Stalin’s Rise to Power – Who should succeed Lenin?
A worksheet in which history students research each of the key characters and conduct a classroom debate comparing their respective merits.
The Reichstag Fire
A paper version of an online interactive unit (coming soon!), developed in conjunction with John D. Clare. Students use information about the key characters involved to create a “courtroom drama” seeking to determine who was responsible for the Reichstag Fire.
