Fishbone Diagram
Fishbone Diagram - Overview of the Flash Template 
A fishbone template is an essay planning tool. Whereas the burger diagram encourages students to think in terms of introduction, three main sections and a conclusion, the fishbone approach involves selecting four main factors, then providing three key pieces of detail about each.
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Examples of Fishbone Diagrams created using the Template
How to Create a Fishbone Diagram
Excellent Screencast from the Edtechroundup site
History Fishbone: What caused the Boston Tea Party?
English Literature Fishbone: Hamlet
CPD Fishbone: Types of Learning Styles
Geography Fishbone: Impact of farming on ecosystems
CPD: Gender Differences in Education
Economics: What are the various types of externalities?
ICT: Impact of ICT on Quality of Student Learning
History: How did the Nazis Rule Germany?
History: Why did the Medieval Church have so much power?
History: Why were people so afraid of witches?
Italian: How do we form the past tense in Italian?
Sample Lesson Plan using the Fishbone Diagram
This is really a very straightforward template, which would be ideal as a homework / extension activity prior to a written essay test in examination conditions. Students could be asked to produce and print off a fishbone diagram for the key question under consideration, which they could then use for reference purposes during the test.
Other Ideas for the Fishbone Diagram
- Each student could save their completed template to the school network so that they can be compared and contrasted. Which fishbones are the most similar? Which one is the most original? Which one appears to have broken the topic down most appropriately?
Do you have any other ideas about how to use this template? Please let us know!
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