The popular “Horatio Ramsbottom: Victorian Entrepreneur” has now been updated to include some fresh multimedia video clips.
Month: September 2020
UNSCOP and the United Nations Partition Plan
UNSCOP and the United Nations Partition Plan What really happened? Students consider, based on their own discussions, the merits and drawbacks of the actual partition plan settled upon by UNSCOP. Part of the new IGCSE Paper 1 Scheme of Work on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Life of Martin Luther: 15-question factual test
A new factual test to accompany the unit on Martin Luther and the German Reformation.
TOK in History – stimulus questions grid
The following grid outlines the main Ways of Knowing identified in the TOK history syllabus, along with the specified areas for consideration with regard to History in particular. These are laid out in a grid with a question provided which covers all possible crossover discussion points. Useful for classroom stimulus and ideas for how to…
1947 roleplay part 2: Task for the “Judges”
UNSCOP and the United Nations Partition Plan 1947 roleplay part 2: Task for the “Judges” “Three people in the class will be in role as members of the UN. They will have to vote later on which of the proposals presented to them is the most likely to bring lasting peace to the region. In…
ActiveHistory Books available for purchase
I have now written four books, and so I thought it would be a good idea to create a dedicated page where you can learn about all of them in one place. Click here
NEW BOOK – “25 Essays in Modern History”
I have just published a new book! Essays in Modern History provides the perfect handbook for teachers and students seeking answers to some of the most interesting questions investigated at the 16-18 age range. The 25 essays covers such topics as the causes and consequences of World War One, the Spanish Civil War and the…
