A generator to create online 'drag and drop' hexagons [sample]
You can also export your work as a worksheet [sample]
Hexagon learning allows students to identify links between factors very effectively. Students categorise and link factors together for deeper understanding of the relationship between factors. I have written a detailed blogpost about hexagon learning here.
1. Title:
2. Introduction / Instructions for students
3. Hexagons Text: separate each with a newline
Causes for Union victory in the Civil War
Green = primary sources added at the end into appropriate categories
Consequences of the Black Death
Orange = handwritten hexagons based on video notes
Causes for Stalin's rise to power
Sweets given to each team for identifying factors not outlined in original hexagons
Hexagon Generator - Word
Print off your own worksheet version
Hexagon Generator - HTML5
Use your hexagons directly on the Interactive Whiteboard
World War One Historiography
"Arrange the historians for a dinner party: no arguments allowed!"
Tensions hightened after the British announced a total exclusion zone
Britsh sinking of Argentine Gerneral Belgrano was seen as beginning of war
Tensions rise as british announce Total Exclusion Zone
Sinking of General Belgrano seen as the beginning of the war
Britain
Beleved there would be a diplomatic solution
saw Argentina as cause because of their invasion of the islands
Politically
Agreements were met in USA but the argentines did not agree and by the time Peru had taken up the cause the britsh task force were almost at the Falklands
Argentina
Argentines believed that the British military response was merely a bluff
