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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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Group Work, student presentations, peer assessment

Design personalised number plates as a revision exercise

Design personalised number plates as a revision exercise

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

Sticky Notes for Silent Presentations

Sticky Notes for Silent Presentations

The Travelling History Mascot

The Travelling History Mascot

  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation
  • “Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation

“Rice above the statistics”: using grains of rice for data visualisation

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

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

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

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

Using hand gestures to highlight changing relations between key groups

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

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

Educational Escape Rooms: Case Study 1 – Larger groups / younger students

Educational Escape Rooms: Case Study 1 – Larger groups / younger students

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