Tarr's Toolbox
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!
TARR’S TOOLBOX
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Classroom debate / discussion strategies (19)
Classroom display ideas (20)
Classroom management, homework, rewards and sanctions (11)
Comparing, Contrasting (12)
Developing examination / essay skills (28)
Close reading, note-taking (8)
Essay marking (3)
Essay planning (10)
Source evaluation (10)
Gamification of testing and revision (27)
Online game generators (8)
Other games and strategies (18)
Group Work, student presentations, peer assessment (31)
Group work strategies (15)
Student feedback strategies (10)
Student presentations (4)
Helping students to conduct independent research (11)
Imparting knowledge to students (39)
Strategies for improving teacher-led lectures (14)
Teaching students a chronological narrative (8)
Teaching students about themes, personalities, issues of interpretation (13)
Linking, Prioritising (11)
Linking (5)
Prioritisation diagrams (6)
Selecting, Concluding (12)
Formulating final judgements (11)
Selecting the final factors to focus on (1)
Transforming knowledge into creative outcomes (44)
Exhibitions, Books, Posters (14)
Summarising in essence (17)
WHEN? = particular strategies for tranforming chronologies (2)
WHO? = particular trategies for reflecting on key individuals (12)
Uncategorised (2)
vol2 (2)
Imparting knowledge to students
Design a “Time Travel Holiday” to see a period from different viewpoints
Using a “TimeWipe” exercise to avoid anachronism and encourage empathy
How to use “Backward Essays” to cover lots of content at high speed
Using “Rhyming Timelines” for revision
Three Effective Roleplay Techniques for the Classroom
“Destroy or Deploy?”: A strategy for integrating fresh sources into classroom debates
Using music in the classroom: Five effective strategies
Using hand gestures to highlight changing relations between key groups
Using a “Mysterious Moment” lesson starter to develop questioning skills
Using “relationship webs” to map change and continuity over time
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