Tarr's Toolbox
Quick and easy ideas to spice up your lessons, brought to you by @russeltarr. I teach History but many of these ideas will be transferable to other subjects too!
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Classroom debate / discussion strategies (18)
Classroom display ideas (20)
Classroom management, homework, rewards and sanctions (11)
Comparing, Contrasting (12)
Developing examination / essay skills (27)
Close reading, note-taking (7)
Essay marking (3)
Essay planning (10)
Source evaluation (10)
Gamification of testing and revision (28)
Online game generators (9)
Other games and strategies (18)
Group Work, student presentations, peer assessment (31)
Group work strategies (15)
Student feedback strategies (10)
Student presentations (4)
Helping students to conduct independent research (11)
Imparting knowledge to students (39)
Strategies for improving teacher-led lectures (14)
Teaching students a chronological narrative (8)
Teaching students about themes, personalities, issues of interpretation (13)
Linking, Prioritising (11)
Linking (5)
Prioritisation diagrams (6)
Selecting, Concluding (12)
Formulating final judgements (11)
Selecting the final factors to focus on (1)
Transforming knowledge into creative outcomes (45)
Exhibitions, Books, Posters (14)
Summarising in essence (17)
WHEN? = particular strategies for tranforming chronologies (3)
WHO? = particular trategies for reflecting on key individuals (12)
Uncategorised (2)
vol2 (2)
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“Six Degrees of Bacon” as a revision strategy
Visual essay-writing: cartoons, sticky-notes and plenty of collaboration!
Using counterfactuals to prioritise the importance of key factors
Use the “Triangle 9” template for prioritising factors
Design “Tubular Timeline Towers” for chronological understanding
Student presentations
The Travelling History Mascot
“Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
Using Wikis to create a collaborative “Choose your own adventure” game
Getting students to TEACH, not to PRESENT!
