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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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Connecting Factors with ‘Paper People’ display projects

Connecting Factors with ‘Paper People’ display projects

  • Sticky-notes and project nests: collaborate, collate, categorise, connect
  • Sticky-notes and project nests: collaborate, collate, categorise, connect
  • Sticky-notes and project nests: collaborate, collate, categorise, connect
  • Sticky-notes and project nests: collaborate, collate, categorise, connect

Sticky-notes and project nests: collaborate, collate, categorise, connect

Create an engaging starter/plenary text in the form of scrolling movie credits

Create an engaging starter/plenary text in the form of scrolling movie credits

Sketch-noting and beyond: let your students choose their own note-taking strategy!

Sketch-noting and beyond: let your students choose their own note-taking strategy!

Using Wikis to create a collaborative “Choose your own adventure” game

Using Wikis to create a collaborative “Choose your own adventure” game

  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!
  • Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!

Balloon Debates: Templates and Tips!

Hermione

“Hands up if you DON’T know!”: reverse the question, increase engagement!

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Spiced-up “Fill the Gaps”(Cloze) Exercises

Classtools Template

10 Creative Strategies for Teaching Chronological Narratives

Stimulating Enquiry-Based Learning through a “Mysteries” approach

Stimulating Enquiry-Based Learning through a “Mysteries” approach

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