{"id":3146,"date":"2014-11-01T17:24:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T14:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2014-11-01T21:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T18:00:53","slug":"activehistory-mystery-cats-bottoms-and-golden-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-7-history\/activehistory-mystery-cats-bottoms-and-golden-cups\/","title":{"rendered":"ActiveHistory Mystery: Cat Bottoms and Golden Cups!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3147\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3147\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Davis sniffs for clues in our latest 'History Mystery'\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis-200x266.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis-405x540.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/davis.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Davis sniffs for clues in our latest &#8216;History Mystery&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/mysteries\/activity.php?yr08_cathars\">This latest ActiveHistory Mystery<\/a>, which I used with my Year 8 students, is based\u00a0in the Middle Ages and involves cats&#8217; bottoms, golden cups, mass murder and plenty of treachery&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/history_mystery\/index.php\">History Mysteries<\/a>&#8221; lessons are designed as stand-alone projects which each last 3-4 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Through engaging historical topics, they teach skills of problem formulation, deductive reasoning, independent research, groupwork and structured writing.<\/p>\n<p>There is a standard\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/mysteries\/1_Teacher_Lesson_Plan.doc\" target=\"_blank\">teacher lesson plan<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/mysteries\/2_Student_Record_Sheet.doc\">student record sheet \/ markscheme<\/a>\u00a0for each activity.<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of History Mystery projects can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/history_mystery\/index.php\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This latest ActiveHistory Mystery, which I used with my Year 8 students, is based\u00a0in the Middle Ages and involves cats&#8217; bottoms, golden cups, mass murder and plenty of treachery&#8230; The &#8220;History Mysteries&#8221; lessons are designed as stand-alone projects which each last 3-4 hours. 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