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Day: March 9, 2012

Model Essay on the Reign of Alexander III (Tsar Alexander III Roleplay Unit)

This resource is part of a new roleplay unit for teaching this topic at IB / A-Level. The teacher takes on the role of the Tsar, and the students as his ministers. Over several hours the ‘reformers’ and the ‘reactionaries’ debate the issues whilst the teacher uses the 30-slide presentation to guide the debate and…

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150 Years Ago Today (9th March 1862) – Merrimack v. the Monitor

American Civil War: the first battle between two ironclad warships – the ‘USS Monitor’ versus the ‘CSS Virginia’, at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Result: indecisive

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