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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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Use the “Triangle 9” template for prioritising factors

Use the “Triangle 9” template for prioritising factors

  • Creative approaches for using maps in the history classroom
  • Creative approaches for using maps in the history classroom
  • Creative approaches for using maps in the history classroom
  • Creative approaches for using maps in the history classroom
  • Creative approaches for using maps in the history classroom
  • Creative approaches for using maps in the history classroom

Creative approaches for using maps in the history classroom

Make a ‘TripAdvisor’ graphic to revise impact in various places

Make a ‘TripAdvisor’ graphic to revise impact in various places

Dream Sources: start with: “What sources can help us answer this question?”

Dream Sources: start with: “What sources can help us answer this question?”

Visual essay-writing: cartoons, sticky-notes and plenty of collaboration!

Visual essay-writing: cartoons, sticky-notes and plenty of collaboration!

Use a ‘Banned Word List’ to encourage deeper thinking

Using “The Apprentice” format for group projects

Using “The Apprentice” format for group projects

  • “Design a DVD Inlay”
  • “Design a DVD Inlay”

“Design a DVD Inlay”

Compare first paragraph of several books to analyse stylistic techniques

Compare first paragraph of several books to analyse stylistic techniques

Share all possible test questions in advance to encourage focused revision

Share all possible test questions in advance to encourage focused revision

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