Living Graph: Overview
A "Living Graph" encourages students not only to select the most important events within a topic, but also to rate them against criteria such as success and failure, strength and weakness and so on.
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Sample Lesson Plan using the Living Graph TemplateAsk students, working individually or in pairs / small groups, to identify what they consider to be the 10 most significant events within the topic of study. For example, in a History class students could select the 10 most important events in a particular period; in English literature they could select the most important plot developments in a novel or play. Stage 2: BrainstormThe teacher asks students to contribute their ideas to a whole-class discussion. This will encourage some debate, discussion and reflection. Stage 3: DepictionStudents then open the ClassTools Timeline Template and plot their chosen events into it. They should aim not simply to describe "what happens" but "why it is significant" Stage 4: CategorisationFinally, the students have to drag and drop the events high or low on the graph to indicate something of relevance: success or failure, for example. Safety or Danger could be another idea. Other Ideas for the Living Graph TemplateAsk students, working individually or in pairs / small groups, to identify what they consider to be the 10 most significant events within the topic of study. For example, in a History class students could select the 10 most important events in a particular period; in English literature they could select the most important plot developments in a novel or play. Stage 2: BrainstormThe teacher asks students to contribute their ideas to a whole-class discussion. This will encourage some debate, discussion and reflection. Stage 3: DepictionStudents then open the ClassTools Timeline Template and plot their chosen events into it. They should aim not simply to describe "what happens" but "why it is significant" Stage 3: CategorisationFinally, the students have to drag and drop the events high or low on the graph to indicate something of relevance: success or failure, for example. Safety or Danger could be another idea. Samples
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