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This widget provides a rolling gallery of historical images shared by some of my favourite people on Twitter. A great way to add a visual element to your blog or website, or to have on the screen as your students enter the room! Just click the widget icon at the top left of the image shown here to get the code for yourself!
This widget displays SIGNIFICANT anniversaries in history each day (e.g. 100 years today, 50 years today rather than the pointless type of '73 years ago today' announcements common in similar widgets). You can customise the size, font and colourscheme to match your own blog, website or wiki.
This widget displays inspirational quotes about historical topics and historiography. You can customise the look and feel of the widget to match your blog, website or wiki.
Births (150 years ago today): 1867 - Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948)
Births (100 years ago today): 1917 - Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
Births (50 years ago today): 1967 - Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
Deaths (650 years ago today): 1367 - Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Spanish cardinal (b. 1310)
Deaths (150 years ago today): 1867 - Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1967 - Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
Commemorations:International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
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Escape the Room! Mission Havana, 1959
1. Escape Room: Mission: Galileo 1610
Printable Calendar of Historical Anniversaries 2017-2018
Rise and rule of authoritarian states: IB History Paper 2 sample question generator
Spotify Jukebox Songs for the History Classroom
Cold War Random Essay Question Generator!
Defining weasel terms: Guerrilla, interstate, civil wars; populist v. military dictators; and much more besides
One sentence summaries: conclusions on the Presidents
Classroom debate: Which President achieved the most success outside of the Americas?
Post-War American Presidents to 1980: Detailed summary sheet for revision
Classroom debate: Which President achieved the most for the USA and for Latin America?
Comprehensive Summary Sheet for Revision: The Civil Rights Movement to 1965
Revision Summary Sheet: anti-apartheid resistance groups
Using drinking straws to study competition, co-operation and the arms race
Design Tubular Timeline Towers for chronological understanding
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