I have updated the popular Causes / Events of the French Revolution simulation with a ‘save progress’ feature and a dozen video clips at appropriate points. (43 views)
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October Revolution: Historiography and Primary Sources
C. Was the October Revolution a coup d’etat or a popular uprising? Primary / Secondary Source Material As the next phase of the investigation, students read through a series of selected primary and secondary accounts of the events of October 1917 and decide where each can be used, and which quotes are best to include….
Was the October Revolution a coup d’etat or a popular uprising? – Timeline Role-play Exercise
Was the October Revolution a coup d’etat or a popular uprising? The Provisional Government which took over from the Tsar in February 1917 remained committed to keeping Russia in the Great War. How significant this decision was in terms of contributing to the Provisional Government’s overthrow by the Bolsheviks in 1917 is another subject of…
Model Essay: “To what extent did the French Revolution deliver on its promises of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity?”
Model Essay: “To what extent did the French Revolution deliver on its promises of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity?”(teacher password required) A sample essay which I wrote myself in timed conditions for the benefit of my students. From: 40+ Model History Essays by RJ Tarr of www.activehistory.co.uk (117 views)
The February Revolution of 1917
The February Revolution of 1917 Students take a detailed timeline of events and place each event into one of three columns: political damage, military damage, socio-economic damage. From this they decide when exactly the Tsar lost control of the politicians, the armed forced and the ordinary people. They then put each of these crises in…
Hexagons Activity: Impact of the Industrial Revolution
Hexagons Activity: Impact of the Industrial Revolution This activity is approached through a ‘Hexagons’ approach which is outlined in detail here. Students cut up the hexagons and organise them in logical groups, with adjacent sides of hexagons indicating connections that are then explained around the diagram. The hexagons were created using the ClassTools.net Hexagons Generator….