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Hexagons Generator (HTML5 / Word)!

A generator to create online 'drag and drop' hexagons [sample]
You can also export your work as a worksheet [sample]

Hexagon learning allows students to identify links between factors very effectively. Students categorise and link factors together for deeper understanding of the relationship between factors. I have written a detailed blogpost about hexagon learning here.

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2. Introduction / Instructions for students

HEXAGON ESSAY-PLANNING TOOL. DRAG and DROP these hexagons into categories of your choice. You can color-code hexagons, and can create new hexagons (e.g. as titles for each group) by double-clicking anywhere on the canvas. When you are finished, you can use your work as the basis of an essay plan, presentation or project!

3. Hexagons Text: separate each with a newline

Causes for Union victory in the Civil War

Green = primary sources added at the end into appropriate categories

Consequences of the Black Death

Orange = handwritten hexagons based on video notes

Causes for Stalin's rise to power

Sweets given to each team for identifying factors not outlined in original hexagons

Hexagon Generator - Word

Print off your own worksheet version

Hexagon Generator - HTML5

Use your hexagons directly on the Interactive Whiteboard

World War One Historiography

"Arrange the historians for a dinner party: no arguments allowed!"

Consequences of the Black Death

Great teamwork from Year 7 students

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Using Hexagon Learning for categorisation, linkage and prioritisation

Blank Hexagons: Downloadable Word template

HTML5 Hexagons: The Black Death (from ActiveHistory).

Downloadable Hexagons: World War One Historiography (from ActiveHistory).

HTML5 Hexagons Word Hexagons (.docx) Cancel

Lack of coordination between military leaders

Operation of central bases from Petrograd and Moscow

Cheka

No unified leadership

Controlled territory was not contiguous

Working with allies allowed them to be perceived as unpatriotic

Trotsky was a skilled military commander

Controlled territory with industry and raw materials

Promises to feed soldiers led to a lot of recruits

Largely untrained volunteer army

Allies couldn't afford to be associated with atrocities of Russian army

Brutal treatment of people in areas they controlled

Control of Russian railways

Couldn't move supplies and troops long distances

Lack of a unified goal caused low morale

Why was the Russian Civil War Won by the Reds?
Instructions | More on the Hexagons Approach

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