Tarr's Toolbox
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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Strategies for improving teacher-led lectures

Using a “TimeWipe” exercise to avoid anachronism and encourage empathy

Using a “TimeWipe” exercise to avoid anachronism and encourage empathy

How to use “Backward Essays” to cover lots of content at high speed

How to use “Backward Essays” to cover lots of content at high speed

Three Effective Roleplay Techniques for the Classroom

Three Effective Roleplay Techniques for the Classroom

Using a “Mysterious Moment” lesson starter to develop questioning skills

Using a “Mysterious Moment” lesson starter to develop questioning skills

25 of my favourite props for the history classroom!

25 of my favourite props for the history classroom!

“Guess the Statistics” to encourage deduction and explanation

“Guess the Statistics” to encourage deduction and explanation

Using Google’s new 3D interior views for virtual field trips

Using Google’s new 3D interior views for virtual field trips

  • 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

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

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

Hermione

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

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