Causes of World War Two: Past Exam Questions and Research Task This GCSE History handout outlines the main causes of World War Two: The Peace Treaties, the Weaknesses of the League, the Depression, Hitler’s Foreign Policy, Manchuria and Abyssinia, Appeasement, the Nazi-Soviet Pact. It also provides a list of past history examination questions. Students have…
Month: May 2008
Facebook Timeline – February-October 1917
Why not give students a basic timeline of events, then ask them to convert it into a “Facebook Newsfeed” as shown here?
ClassTools.net Quicklinks – Google Gadget
A drop-down menu that takes you straight to the ClassTools.net template of your choice. Add it to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage
How similar were Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II?
For IB / A-Level historians. How similar were Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II? = Obviously this venn diagram worksheet is only appropriate if students have covered the previous two Tsars; otherwise this worksheet is not necessary.
Harvard Author-Reference Generator – Google Gadget
Type the title and / or author of a book, and get a professional Harvard-Author Date reference for your essays. Add it to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage.
The February Revolution of 1917
For IB / A-Level historians. Students take a detailed timeline of events and place each event into one of three columns: political damage, military damage, socio-economic damage. From this they decide when exactly the Tsar lost control of the politicians, the armed forced and the ordinary people. They then put each of these crises in…
ActiveHistory Updates – Google Gadget
A summary of the latest games, worksheets and activities added to the site. Add it to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage.
The Murder of Rasputin: Analyis of the Hollywood Movie
For IB / A-Level historians. At this point, I watch the final 35 minutes or so of the “Rasputin” Feature Film starring Alan Rickman (available from Amazon here). This worksheet follows the viewing and encourages students to analyse the film as they would any other source – what has been left out? what has been…
History Teachers’ Search Engine
Only sites designed for teachers and students will be searched. Join up as a collaborator to add websites to the search engine! Add the search engine to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage.
Historical Quote of the Day: Google Gadget
An inspirational quote about history and historians, updated daily! Add it to your webpage or to your IGoogle homepage.
Debate: Was Tsarist Russia on the verge of collapse in 1914?
For 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.
Was Tsarist Russia on the verge of collapse in 1914?
For 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.
The Impact of World War One Upon Russia: Note-taking exercise
For 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…
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.
The Duma Era: 1906-1914
For 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?
