Classroom debate / discussion strategies

Using YouTube comments to identify historiographical debates

Design a “Time Travel Holiday” to see a period from different viewpoints

“The Big Picture”: convert a new topic into pictures, then the pictures into galleries

Three Effective Roleplay Techniques for the Classroom

“Destroy or Deploy?”: A strategy for integrating fresh sources into classroom debates

Using “Speed Dating” to share facts and opinions in the classroom

Making “Top Trumps” work in the classroom: use WORDS, not RATINGS

Using the ‘chatshow challenge’ to substantiate arguments more effectively

Writing “Dialogue Poems” to compare and contrast viewpoints

Use an ‘Image Flash’ to engage students with pictorial sources