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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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Transforming knowledge into creative outcomes

Design personalised number plates as a revision exercise

Design personalised number plates as a revision exercise

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

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

Write a sports commentary to highlight comparisons and contrasts!

Write a sports commentary to highlight comparisons and contrasts!

Using “Rhyming Timelines” for revision

  • “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

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

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

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

  • The story of this topic – in 50 objects!
  • The story of this topic – in 50 objects!
  • The story of this topic – in 50 objects!
  • The story of this topic – in 50 objects!
  • The story of this topic – in 50 objects!
  • The story of this topic – in 50 objects!
  • The story of this topic – in 50 objects!

The story of this topic – in 50 objects!

  • Collate “Historical Photobombs” into a short story to consolidate the ‘Big Picture’
  • Collate “Historical Photobombs” into a short story to consolidate the ‘Big Picture’
  • Collate “Historical Photobombs” into a short story to consolidate the ‘Big Picture’
  • Collate “Historical Photobombs” into a short story to consolidate the ‘Big Picture’
  • Collate “Historical Photobombs” into a short story to consolidate the ‘Big Picture’
  • Collate “Historical Photobombs” into a short story to consolidate the ‘Big Picture’
  • Collate “Historical Photobombs” into a short story to consolidate the ‘Big Picture’

Collate “Historical Photobombs” into a short story to consolidate the ‘Big Picture’

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