I have taught for 17 years in High Schools.
I am a trained History teacher, but I have also taught English, Economics, Social Studies and Junior Science.
I have taught for 17 years in High Schools.
I am a trained History teacher, but I have also taught English, Economics, Social Studies and Junior Science.
1 year’s worth of access to an online whole-class quiz game MAKEorBREAK.
Access normally costs money but is free on TES. No obligation to continue access and no financial details required.
Consists of a website based game with 60 questions and answers that test student’s recall of essential content for this topic.
Questions appear on a classroom projector screen and students compete for the chance to answer by standing up with their team flag raised. If correct, the student can choose to MAKE one of their team’s six castles or BREAK an opposing team’s castle. The team with the most castles wins.
Expect noise and expect fun !
No devices required other than a teacher computer and projector.
Printable flag templates and printable answers included.
Covers the following IGCSE (Cambridge) Content:
Core Content: Option B The twentieth century: international relations since 1919
FQ5 - How effectively did the United States contain the spread of Communism?
Case studies of:
American reactions to the Cuban revolution, including the missile crisis and its aftermath
American involvement in the Vietnam War, e.g. reasons for involvement, tactics/strategy, reasons for withdrawal
American reactions to North Korea’s invasion of South Korea, involvement
For more History revision resources see the MAKEorBREAK website.
1 year’s worth of access to an online whole-class quiz game - MAKEorBREAK
Access normally costs money but is free on TES. No obligation to continue access and no financial details required.
Consists of a website based game with 60 questions and answers that test student’s recall of essential content for this topic.
Questions appear on a classroom projector screen and students compete for the chance to answer by standing up with their team flag raised. If correct, the student can choose to MAKE one of their team’s six castles or BREAK an opposing team’s castle. The team with the most castles wins.
Expect noise and expect fun !
No devices required other than a teacher computer and projector.
Printable flag templates and printable answers included.
Covers the following IGCSE (Cambridge) Content:
Core Content: Option B The twentieth century: international relations since 1919
FQ7 - Why did events in the Gulf matter, c.1970–2000?
• The rise to power of Saddam Hussein in Iraq
• The rule of Saddam Hussein up to 2000, and the consequences of his rule for different groups in Iraq
• The nature of the Shah’s rule in Iran and the Iranian Revolution of 1979
• The causes and consequences of the Iran–Iraq War, 1980–88; Western involvement in the war
• The causes, course and consequences of the Gulf War, 1990–91
1 year’s worth of access to an online whole-class quiz game - MAKEorBREAK
Access normally costs money but is free on TES. No obligation to continue access and no financial details required.
Consists of a website based game with 60 questions and answers that test student’s recall of essential content for this topic.
Questions appear on a classroom projector screen and students compete for the chance to answer by standing up with their team flag raised. If correct, the student can choose to MAKE one of their team’s six castles or BREAK an opposing team’s castle. The team with the most castles wins.
Expect noise and expect fun !
No devices required other than a teacher computer and projector.
Printable flag templates and printable answers included.
Covers the following IGCSE (Cambridge) Content:
Core Content: Option B The twentieth century: international relations since 1919
FQ6 - How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948–c.1989?
-Soviet Power in Eastern Europe
– resistance to Soviet power in Hungary (1956)
and Czechoslovakia (1968)
– the Berlin Wall
– ‘Solidarity’ in Poland
– Gorbachev and the collapse of Soviet control
over Eastern Europe
For more History revision resources see the MAKEorBREAK website.