Teaching Controversial Issues Teaching about controversial issues can seem quite daunting. By their very nature, these are issues that provoke emotion, rile people or lead to argument. Quite the opposite to the sort of calm,…
Forgotten causes of the First World War Forgotten causes of the First World War. There are lots of well known causes of the First World War. A raft of things that ‘always’ get taught or…
Hippocrates and his Big Ideas Hippocrates is one of the most significant figures in the history of medicine. Despite living two and a half thousand years ago, his ideas still influence medical practice today. Hippocrates…
Teaching Tips: Active Learning Active Learning is defined in different ways by different groups. At it’s heart, Active Learning has ‘doing’ and not just ‘doing’ worksheets. It combines a range of techniques to have learners acting…
Peter the Great as a Crazy Monarch? It’s fairly rare that I comment in any depth about blog posts anywhere else. Everyone is entitled to their opinion afterall. This one about Peter the Great has…
Infographic: Casualties of the American Civil War An animated map illustrating the time, place and scale of casualties during the American Civil War has been released. The map utilises Google API alongside other technologies to…