{"id":6057,"date":"2026-09-04T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=6057"},"modified":"2026-09-12T14:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:22:49","slug":"a-new-activehistory-monthly-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/a-new-activehistory-monthly-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"A New ActiveHistory Monthly Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve launched a new ActiveHistory monthly newsletter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each month, subscribers will get:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

? A FREE ActiveHistory simulation<\/strong> \u2014 a different simulation made available to everyone each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

? New teaching resources<\/strong> \u2014 including games, presentations, podcasts, worksheets and other classroom ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

? Tarr’s History Teaching Toolbox<\/strong> \u2014 practical ideas and activities that you can use in your history classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newsletter is designed to be useful, short and genuinely worth opening<\/strong> \u2014 no daily emails, no endless promotional messages. Just a monthly selection of things I think history teachers might actually find useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s also now a growing archive of previous newsletters<\/strong>, so you can see exactly what you’re signing up for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sign up for free and get the next simulation delivered straight to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join the ActiveHistory newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve launched a new ActiveHistory monthly newsletter. Each month, subscribers will get: ? A FREE ActiveHistory simulation \u2014 a different simulation made available to everyone each month. ? New teaching resources \u2014 including games, presentations, podcasts, worksheets and other classroom ideas. ? Tarr’s History Teaching Toolbox \u2014 practical ideas and activities that you can use… <\/p>\n

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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6059,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/free-simulation-of-the-month-%f0%9f%8e%ae\/","url_meta":{"origin":6057,"position":0},"title":"New feature: “Free Simulation of the Month”!","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"August 31, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Want to try a new ActiveHistory simulation for free every month? 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