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…
Striking Women Striking Women is a website based around the research of Dr Sundari Anitha and Professor Ruth Pearson. It explores the struggles of South Asian women in the UK Labour Market. In particular the project looks…
Seven Suffragist Men It’s often forgotten that the fight for women’s suffrage wasn’t fought only by females. Among some of the most significant suffragists were men who offered much to the cause. The Turning Point…
Weird things the Nazi’s Did Weird things the Nazi’s did. Hitler and his Nazi henchmen are well known for the horrific actions of the Holocaust and other atrocities. They are often less well known for…