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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Teaching students about themes, personalities, issues of interpretation

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

Three Effective Roleplay Techniques for the Classroom

Three Effective Roleplay Techniques for the Classroom

Using music in the classroom: Five effective strategies

Using hand gestures to highlight changing relations between key groups

Data-driven history lessons: “How could geographers help us to answer this question?”

Data-driven history lessons: “How could geographers help us to answer this question?”

What happened to these people before and after our period of study?

What happened to these people before and after our period of study?

Protest placards: design, anticipate, react

Protest placards: design, anticipate, react

  • Using “Character Cards” to understand the motives/actions of key individuals
  • Using “Character Cards” to understand the motives/actions of key individuals
  • Using “Character Cards” to understand the motives/actions of key individuals
  • Using “Character Cards” to understand the motives/actions of key individuals
  • Using “Character Cards” to understand the motives/actions of key individuals
  • Using “Character Cards” to understand the motives/actions of key individuals

Using “Character Cards” to understand the motives/actions of key individuals

Stimulating Enquiry-Based Learning through a “Mysteries” approach

Stimulating Enquiry-Based Learning through a “Mysteries” approach

  • “Say What you See” – Talkers and Listeners
  • “Say What you See” – Talkers and Listeners
  • “Say What you See” – Talkers and Listeners
  • “Say What you See” – Talkers and Listeners
  • “Say What you See” – Talkers and Listeners

“Say What you See” – Talkers and Listeners

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