{"id":4377,"date":"2019-01-26T23:04:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T20:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=4377"},"modified":"2019-02-17T23:05:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T20:05:22","slug":"which-20th-century-dictator-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/which-20th-century-dictator-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Which 20th Century Dictator are YOU?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I start the study of the Rule of Mao by getting students to complete the ActiveHistory <strong>interactive simulation<\/strong> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/u\/dictators\">Which 20th Century Dictator are YOU?<\/a>&#8221; using this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/ib\/mao\/1_Dictators_Simulation\/1_Dictators_Simulation.docx\">abbreviated worksheet<\/a>. This is a stand-alone simulation to help students compare and contrast how single-party state rulers maintained power. It guides students through 10 key issues explaining how and why dictatorships are able to survive. Students could additionally or instead complete the accompanying self-study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/ib_dictators\/worksheet.docx\">workpack<\/a> to turn their findings into a rigorous essay. It also provides a great way of revising and developing their earlier essay focusing on one dictator. There is also a quick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/ib\/mao\/1_Dictators_Simulation\/2_simulation_quick_test.txt\">follow-up factual test<\/a> of 10 questions that can be used to confirm that students completed the task.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/u\/dictators\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/IB\/castro\/game.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I start the study of the Rule of Mao by getting students to complete the ActiveHistory interactive simulation &#8220;Which 20th Century Dictator are YOU?&#8221; using this abbreviated worksheet. This is a stand-alone simulation to help students compare and contrast how single-party state rulers maintained power. It guides students through 10 key issues explaining how and&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/which-20th-century-dictator-are-you\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[373,374,1090],"class_list":["post-4377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-ib-history","tag-20th","tag-century","tag-dictator"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3610,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/simulation-which-20th-century-dictator-are-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":4377,"position":0},"title":"Simulation: Which 20th Century Dictator are YOU?","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"July 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A stand-alone simulation to help students compare and contrast how single-party state rulers maintained power. 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