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!
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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)
Formulating final judgements
“Destroy or Deploy?”: A strategy for integrating fresh sources into classroom debates
Using “Speed Dating” to share facts and opinions in the classroom
“Brilliance or Baloney?”: A quiz format to develop substantiated judgements
Using the ‘Battleships’ format to Teach Historical Interpretations
Use Continuum Lines to arrange a scale of opinion
Use Matrix grids to judge two issues simultaneously
Interpretation Tracker
Interpretation via Triangulation
Sourcework Anticipation Task
Interpretation Exercise – Complaint Letters v. Advertising Blurb
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