Activity and Quiz Index
This web site offers a variety of History activities for students to use. There are links to online lessons that allow students to research themes and provide valuable assessment opportunities, tasks designed to improve levels of Literacy, revision guides and research activities. To supplement these there are a wide variety of fun quizzes and links to sites designed to enthrall the young historian. These activities are all supported with a brief introduction on the site and can be found either by going direct to them via the index below or through going to the relevant page for whichever year group students are in.
Index of Activities suggested on this website.
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The Norman Conquest |
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| Norman Conquest 1 Fill in the missing gaps activity. | The Norman conquest of England Spartacus history activity on the Norman Invasion. |
| Norman Conquest 2 Check your knowledge of the Normans with this Literacy type activity. | Norman Conquest 3 Test yourself. revision quiz on the Normans. |
| Hastings Online activities provided by Free campus. | Norman Conquest - key points and quiz Quiz created by Mr. Field. |
| Harold Godwinson Quiz created by Mr. Field. | Battle of Hastings game |
| Norman Conquest Quiz created by Mr. Field. | Norman Conquest - rags to riches Who wants to be a millionaire style quiz provided by Quia.com |
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Medieval Realms |
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| The Crusades Check your spellings and knowledge of the Crusades at the same time with this activity. | The Black Death Free campus activities |
| The Feudal System The Feudal System explained and revised. | |
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Kings and Queens |
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| Henry II & Becket - decision making game excellent activity created by Andrew Field using Quandary. | Thomas Becket & Canterbury. Created by the University of Canterbury. |
| The Tudors Check your knowledge with this activity. | Henry VIII excellent quiz on the Tudor monarch provided by Andrew Field. |
| Monarchs Schoolhistory.co.uk activity. | |
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The Romans |
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| The Roman Empire Mix and match exercise covering the whole of the Roman period. | Augustus The end of the republic is examined in this fill in the gaps exercise. |
| The Romans in Britain A multiple choice quiz that tests knowledge of Roman Britain - see what you know! (Schoolhistory.co.uk) | Roman Britain Questions and Answers about the Romans from BBC Online |
| Romans Ambleside Primary School's Romans Quiz | The Roman Empire Roman-Empire.net quiz |
| General Quiz from Brims.co.uk | The Fall of Rome Quiz from Quia.com |
| The Romans ThinkQuest Quiz | GCSE Roman Medicine Activities |
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Castles and Cathedrals |
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| Castles Produced by national geographic. | 3D Cathedral visit Explore a medieval cathedral at the BBC website |
| Islamic Civilisations | |
| Islamic Civilisations 1 Literacy activity to boost your writing skills. | Arabian Armies Test you knowledge of the Arabian Armies. |
| The Crusades Check your spellings and knowledge of the Crusades at the same time with this activity. | Muhammad's early years |
| Muhammad (pbuh) 1 Gap filling exercise. | Muhammad (pbuh) 2 Gap filling exercise. |
| Muhammad (pbuh) 3 Gap filling exercise. | |
| Expansion, Trade and Industry | |
| The Industrial Revolution The History Channel | Industrial Revolution Transport quiz from the History channel |
| Inventors Hangman Created by Andrew Field | Industrial Revolution Created by Andrew Field |
| Agricultural Revolution Vocabulary check. | |
| First World War | |
| Assassination of Franz Ferdinand The outbreak of war, research activities provided by Spartacus. | Countdown to WWI Created by Andrew Field Excellent online lesson. |
| WWI glossary wordsearch Created by Andrew Field | WWI wordsearch Created by Andrew Field |
| Outbreak of WWI produced by Andrew Field of schoolhistory.co.uk | Background Information on the First World War |
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Second World War & The Nazi's |
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| D Day Activity excellent activity in which you take the role of the generals planning D Day. Would you have liberated Europe? | WWII multiple choice quiz Grolier |
| Nazi Germany Quiz | Nazi Germany (1933-45) Wolverhampton Grammar School |
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General Quizzes |
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| Create your own quizzes at Quia.com | Wordsearch |
| Modern World Quiz | Civil War in Bradford |
| History Quiz: general | General History Quiz |
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Medicine Through Time |
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| Ancient Egypt Revision Quiz | Ancient Greece Revision Quizzes and activities |
| Roman Medicine Activities | |
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