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Teaching students a chronological narrative

Using “Rhyming Timelines” for revision
Overview At the end of a unit of study, divide a list of key words, terms, dates or invididuals among the class. Challenge each student to create a rhyming [...]
Using “relationship webs” to map change and continuity over time
Overview Charting the changing relationship between nations and individuals over time is an important part of identifying key turning points as well as [...]
Turn a timeline into an interactive quiz for student revision
Overview In subjects like History it is important for students to have firm chronological understanding. To help them develop a solid grasp of the order in [...]
Design “Tubular Timeline Towers” for chronological understanding
Overview As a ‘choose your own homework‘ option, suggest to students that they consolidate their chronological understanding by constructing a [...]
Create an engaging starter/plenary text in the form of scrolling movie credits
This new ClassTools.net Movie Text Generator scrolls your text into the infinity of space! Ideas for using it in the classroom: Provide students with an [...]
Spiced-up “Fill the Gaps”(Cloze) Exercises
Overview “Fill the Gaps” (“Cloze”) exercises are a very simple but very effective strategy for helping students build up vocabulary [...]
10 Creative Strategies for Teaching Chronological Narratives
Overview At the start of a new topic in a subject like history, it’s often necessary to familiarise students with an essential chronology of events [...]
Running Dictation
The ‘running dictation’ method is a simple, fun, intensive way of imparting a detailed narrative to students. It is great for introducing a [...]