activehistory.co.uk
Shrewsbury
ActiveHistory.co.uk is the work of Russel Tarr. I am Head of History at the
International School of Toulouse. Prior to this I worked at Wolverhampton
Grammar School. I have a degreee in Modern History from Lady Margaret Hall,
Oxford University. I am also a fully-qualified teacher with a PGCE from the
School of Education at Birmingham University. What is ActiveHistory.co.uk?
ActiveHistory.co.uk (est. 1998) provides interactive simulations,
decision-making games, self-marking quizzes, worksheets and lesson plans for
teachers and students of World History. It provides materials on scores of
topics from the Middle Ages to the present day, aimed at every age range between
11-18 years. It provides a highly effective means of teaching history using all
the benefits of modern internet technology. ActiveHistory is a practical,
continually evolving resource produced by a full-time history teacher for his
students and his colleagues. All of the top activities have been produced with
the classroom in mind, and are continually amended after being tried out in
class by myself and other visitors. As a result the site has earned some glowing
testimonials from its loyal subscribers and praise from newspapers such as the
Sunday Times and the New York Times. Roger Frost in The Sunday Times wrote, "To
see teaching creativity bubble onto the internet, and regain any lost joy for
school, take a trip to Active History. Pick your year and topic, and discover an
enjoyable, intensely hands-on learning environment...The exercises are witty,
irreverent and often brilliant". Becky Hewlitt, writing the Times Educational
Supplement, was of the opinion that, "If the Queen taught history then Russel
Tarr would be a knight of the realm. His superb site has saved me thousands of
hours of planning and is a constant source of innovative and exciting ideas."
