A new quiz generator at www.classtools.net. How to play: Organise your students into teams. Your list of terms will slowly be revealed, letter by letter, in reverse alphabetical order. Students raise their hands as soon as they think they can: EITHER identify what the terms are (for 1 point) OR identify what all the terms…
Month: September 2018
James Spod: Undercover in Nazi Germany!
By popular request, a ‘Save Game’ feature has now been added to the “James Spod: Undercover in Nazi Germany” game. Let me know if there are any other requests!
Sourcework: Assess President Kennedy’s handling of the James Meredith controversy at “Ole Miss”
A new source work exercise in the style of IB History Paper 1 (Rights and Protest)
The Bosnian Crisis and the Balkan Wars: Factual Test
The Bosnian Crisis and the Balkan Wars: Factual Test A factual test in the “How certain are you?” format.
Guidance for writing the coursework essay for students
This document – guidance for writing the coursework essay for students – outlines how to write an introduction, a conclusion, and provides a range of key words and phrases to help them analyse significance. It also makes use of the ClassTools “Essay Writing Bookmark” which I have made freely available for download here.
To what extent were Stalin’s policies a direct attempt to protect Russia from the threat of another World War?
To what extent were Stalin’s policies a direct attempt to protect Russia from the threat of another World War? In the longer-term, the experience of World War One and the ensuing civil war which followed in its wake was used by Stalin to justify radical actions to protect the country against future threats. The teacher…
What was the immediate political, military, and socio-economic significance of World War One upon Russia?
What was the immediate political, military, and socio-economic significance of World War One upon Russia? Regardless of whether the war was a cause or merely a catalyst for the February Revolution, it certainly had a significant immediate impact upon Russia. The issue which divides historians in this respect is explaining how military and socio-economic developments…
