The Scopes 'Monkey Trial'

Just to highlight the fact that the huge evolution versus creationism debate is still going on, above is an info graphic story from the awesome joke website 'The Onion' about a modern education argument. 'Intelligent Design' is the new name for what Christian fundamentalists believe (that evolution is wrong and that God created everything i.e. there was an 'intelligent designer').

Below is a link to a superb joke newspaper front page from The Onion about the Monkey trial. It is written as if it is from 1925 at the time of the court case. I may well use this in class soon but remember that both articles are a humorous joke satire and are not meant to be taken seriously.

Is science being taught in our schools?

And here is much more information on the 'trial of the century'!

Scopes 'Monkey Trial' Wikipedia entry

The 'Young Turks' Take Over!

The History 'baton' has been passed! You are now the oldest (and wisest) pupils.

This blog has been created for you. It is designed for people to post revision questions, get homework and find the best History websites. I hope that you enjoy it and use it as much as my last class. Feel free to browse their (sometimes) witty comments. The challenge is on for you lot to use it more and better than they did! ;-)

Your first task is to ALL post a comment on this thread. Just click on the 'Comments' link and post. Use your name and then I will know that you have done it.

PS - Any previous Y11s should also feel free to post advice and tips to your former school mates.

PPS - Bonus points for anyone who can add in their comment what/who the 'Young Turks' were. It's a history mystery!

This is the end...

Well done for all of your hard work and revision. I'm sure that it will pay off when you get your results in August.

Your two year history journey is over. This blog will in the next few weeks become the new Y11's History Blog but I will leave all of the postings up here as they are and you should all still visit to give friendly advice to your younger peers.

See you all at the Prom!

One down, one to go...

Cartoon message: Keep writing until the end!!

So how did you all find the exam today? Mr Harris and I thought that the Germany paper was a bit easier than the America one. Hopefully you all did well on the compulsory source questions. I will try and post the grade boundaries on here tomorrow.

The workshop for the BIG USA paper is going to be on Thursday 5th June from 2pm in room 11. Tell anyone that hasn't checked the blog.

There are lots of bits on the blog about the BIG USA paper but I want to draw your attention to two files that are particularly useful.

1. All of the questions from the last 2 years
   
2. Revision booklet #1 & revision booklet #2
   

These are the essentials but there is plenty more on here to go through. I have also updated the YouTube videos on the side.

Also the USA Revision Website is all about the topics in the next paper.

*Update*

Here is the 'model' answer for the USA & The Wider World 10 mark question. a little warning is that this answer is longer than you would be expected to provide in the actually exam but it is very useful as a guide.

'How did America develop its role as a world power between 1929 & 1990?'

I will post the race question model answer ASAP.

*Update No.2*

'How were the American people affected by changes in the USA between 1929 and 1990?'
Model Answer

'Did Black Americans develop equally with white people in the USA between 1929 and 1990?'

Grade Boundaries

*Update No.3*

'How were the American people affected by changes in the USA between 1929 and 1990?'

The exam is nearly here...

The two year journey is nearly done.

Hopefully you are not feeling too stressed. A little pressure is a very good thing but too much can be counter productive. Don't spend all night revising before the exam and try to remain calm on the day.

Checkout the website below for some superb tips about how to deal with exam stress.

Exam Stress Tips

What do examiners really want?

What do examiners want - History

Here is a new way of reading the really useful 'What do examiners want?' document. I know that some you had trouble downloading the .pdf because it was so large. Give this one a try and let me know what you think.

It's kind of my new online toy!

Also this document covers both exams and should be used with the past exam papers.

Revision Tools

I want to put together some tools and tips that you can use for revision. We are now about one week away from the first history exam and the quality/quantity of your revision this week can make or break your chances.

I've banged on about Mind Maps since year 10 but here is a really good explanation of how and why they work. Get Mind Mapping!



The 'Get Revising' website might also be of some help to you. I've not played around with this one much but looks very good (and free!).

Get Revising

The BBC has some great tips as well.

BBC Revision Tips

And to finish, some great memory tips that have been proven to work.

The Memory Experience

The tips are in the box on the left hand side of the page (above the fish and the elephant).