{"id":2958,"date":"2015-01-31T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2016-07-15T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T12:08:48","slug":"diamond-diagrams-for-prioritisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/diamond-diagrams-for-prioritisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Diagrams for Prioritisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong>: Students produce or are given 9 pieces of information which they arrange in order in a diamond diagram.<\/p>\n

\"Methods<\/a>

Methods of Abolishing Slavery: Most > Least Effective<\/p><\/div>\n

Examples<\/strong>: Arrange the outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles from most successful to least successful; Arrange medieval jobs from highest status to lowest status; arrange historical figures from most significant to least significant.<\/p>\n

\"League<\/a>

League of Nations Border Disputes: Success > Failure<\/p><\/div>\n

Taking it further<\/strong>: Students could order images instead of text statements – for example images which\u00a0create a positive impression of a figure \/ period go towards the top. Each factor could be printed off on a separate sheet of A4 paper and then arranged as a group exercise (in the picture above, Year 7 students researched the origins of surnames of people in the class. The ones that corresponded to jobs – e.g. Baker, Tarr, Butcher – were then arranged in a Diamond from highest status to lowest status. Different pairs of students came out of class to adjust the diagram until everyone had their input. We then transferred the diagram onto a display board.<\/p>\n

\"Origins<\/a>

Origins of Surnames: High > Low Status<\/p><\/div>\n

Downloads<\/strong>:\u00a0I have produced a series of\u00a0editable\/printable Diamond templates that can be downloaded here:<\/p>\n

|\u00a0Diamond 9 Template<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Diamond 16 Template<\/a>\u00a0| Diamond 25 Template<\/a>\u00a0|<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overview: Students produce or are given 9 pieces of information which they arrange in order in a diamond diagram. Examples: Arrange the outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles from most successful to least successful; Arrange medieval jobs from highest status to lowest status; arrange historical figures from most significant to least significant. Taking it further: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[460],"tags":[85,84,82],"class_list":["bg-responsive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2958"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4487,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions\/4487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}