Using Key Quotes: A series of short, memorable quotes relating to the key topics being studied. Students have to reflect on how they may best be used in the examination.
Month: April 2012
The October Revolution: Popular Uprising, or Coup d’Etat?
Historiography Handouts with Associated Tasks – The October Revolution: Popular Uprising, or Coup d’Etat?
Essential Historiographical Terms for IB
Essential Historiographical Terms for IB: A condensed, one-sided summary sheet defining clearly and with examples such historiographical terms as Determinism, Accidentalism, Intentionalism, Structuralism.
100 Years Ago Today (22nd April 1912) – First edition of Pravda
‘Pravda’, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was first published. (Ceased publication 1996)
Analysing IB History Essay Question ‘Command Terms’
The examiner is very keen that students demonstrate a clear understanding of central terms when they are used in essay questions. In this activity, students work in pairs then as a class to design a clear definition of such key terms as ‘Guerilla Warfare’ and ‘Totalitarianism’. The worksheet uses the examples of Stalin and Mao…
100 Years Ago Today (20th April 1912): Death of Bram Stoker
Death of Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and short story writer, best known for his novel ‘Dracula’.
Modern World History Facebook Fanpage
The Modern World History Facebook Fanpage provides daily quotes, revision tips and recommended websites – if you’re a student currently revising for GCSE/IGCSE Modern World History, you might want to join up!
100 Years Ago Today (15th April 1912): Titanic Sinks
The British liner ‘RMS Titanic’ sank in the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg on her maiden voyage to New York. More than 1,500 people were killed.
Practical Technologies for the Classroom – Facebook Group
Following on from the successful conference which took place at my school on 30th March, I’ve set up a Facebook Group for Practical Technologies in the Classroom. Teachers are invited to sign up to share and exchange ideas!
IB History Curriculum Map
I’ve updated my IB History Curriculum Map to reflect the way I currently teach the syllabus. I’m always changing things around but this approach is how I’m currently doing the course with my Year 12 students.
Transatlantic Slave Trade – new resources
I have just completed teaching the transatlantic slave trade to my Year 9 students. “The Apprentice” roleplay was a particular highlight and I’ve uploaded some new resources to the main page, in particular a new PowerPoint getting students to think about logos, slogans and brand names and a streamlined tasksheet for the Apprentice roleplay exercise.
200 Years Ago Today (6th April 1812): Birth of Herzen
Birth of Alexander Herzen, Russian political thinker, activist and writer, known as the ‘father of Russian socialism’, his work led to the emancipation of the serfs
Archive of #historyteacher tweets – now fully searchable!
I have now added a ‘search’ feature to the full archive of #historyteacher tweets from Twitter – check it out here.
The League and Disarmament in the 1920s: A Classroom Roleplay Exercise
Using a worksheet and a record sheet, students are given different sources from different witnesses and have to analyse their position on the issue of disarmament. They then ‘interview’ each other by moving around the classroom, trying to reach a judgement on the key question of “Who was to blame for the failure of disarmament…
