Interactive zone

Interactive zone, Year 7

Multi-media activities that will help you learn while having fun!

General
Family tree quiz	Test your knowledge of what you need to know in order to research your own family history.

Chariot Race	Race your chariot around a virtual Roman arena

Horrific History Quiz	Mulit-choice quiz on just about anything historical.

Electronic die	Flash file created by A.Field of www.schoolhistory.co.uk

History of pirates	Know what a doubloon was or why we 'splice the main brace'? Try this quiz out for size.

Year 7

Introduction to Year 7 history	Multiple choice quiz. Pit your wits against the clock to answer as many questions correctly as you can!
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Hunt the ancestor	Hone your archaeological skills by excavating a site with the time and resources at your disposal.
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Battle of Hastings	Relive the battle for the English throne.
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What did the Normans do for us?	Useful way to revise key achievements of the Norman Conquest
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Norman Conquest - cloze passage	Cloze passage task adapted from texts on the History Learning website.

Destroy the castle	Position your catapult correctly to destroy the medieval castle walls.
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Trebuchet challenge	Position the trebuchet correctly, check the wind speed and angle of projectory and ... FIRE!
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Medieval monasteries	What was life like in a medieval monastery? Test your factual knowledge.

Thomas Becket - cloze passage	Read the story of Becket's life and complete the spaces with the missing words.

Thomas Becket - historical duckshoot	Answer questions correctly to take a shot at the ducks.
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Learn to joust	Create and arm a knight and joust with him in a head to head combat simulation.
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Learn to joust II	Similar game focusing more on the actual skill of aiming your lance correctly.

.Black Death - cloze passage	Gap fill exercsie based on a section from the History Learning site

Peasants' Revolt	Who was Wat Tyler & why were the peasants revolting? Test your onw knowledge with this penalty shoot out game

Spellbinder - Alchemy game	Learn the mystical art of turning base metal into gold!
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Decode Mary Queen of Scots letters	Answer the questions to decode Mary's secret messages.
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Defeat the Spanish Armada	Fight off the Spanish galleons before they conquer England!

James I	Answer all the questions correctly of James' character and reign and you might just get to fling a teacher of your choice!