Multimedia lecture [3]: Changes in Location: From Rural South to Urban North The change in methods (towards militant self-defence) and objectives (black nationalism, not integration) overlapped with a move away from the rural south (and a focus on tackling Jim Crow laws) and towards the urban north (and a focus on tackling socio-economic exploitation) Part…
Month: November 2019
Multimedia lecture [2]: Changes in Methods: From Nonviolence to Militant Self-Defence
Multimedia lecture [2]: Changes in Methods: From Nonviolence to Militant Self-Defence FROM: a philosophy of nonviolence (as promoted by MLK and the SCLC) TO: militant self-defence (as promoted by Malcolm X and practised by the Black Panthers). This new breed of activists followed the ideas of Malcolm X, who rejected nonviolence as “the philosophy of…
Multimedia lecture [1]: Changes in Objectives: From Integration (Civil Rights) to Black Nationalism (Human Rights)
Multimedia lecture [1]: Changes in Objectives: From Integration (Civil Rights) to Black Nationalism (Human Rights) In this first lecture, students learn about how even MLK started to become concerned that black people were trying to ‘integrate into a burning house’. The contribution of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, the Black Panthers, Black Power and Richard Pryor…
Caesar Cypher Generator
As part of the Escape Room resources, I’ve designed a simple Caesar Cypher Generator.
ActiveHistory is now FLASH FREE!
After updating the Battle of Hastings Simulation, and following on from the update to Fling the Teacher, I think(!) that there are now no Flash features left on the website. This is in response to the fact that as from next year no major browsers will continue to support Flash for security reasons. If you…
New Blogpost: True, False, or Anachronism?
Overview Helping students understand the concept of anachronism – the misplacing of a concept, object or individual in a time period where it could not have existed – is an important step to getting them to understand the concept of chronology, to empathise with people in the past and to understand a historical period. Arthur…
History: Factual Test for the “Undercover in Imperial Rome” simulation
FACTUAL TEST In this task, students are given 25 short-answer questions to test the knowledge they acquired by completing the main worksheet which accompanies the game about Imperial Rome. The link to the associated computer simulation and loads more worksheets and activities relating to Imperial Rome can be found on this page of ActiveHistory.
Model Essay: How successful were President Johnson’s “Great Society” reforms?
A new Model Essay to share with students after they have written their own: How successful were President Johnson’s “Great Society” reforms? You can access 40+ other essays by Russel Tarr on this page of ActiveHistory.
