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The joys of storytelling

On January 22, 2021 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, HumanitiesLeave a comment

One of the oldest tricks in the education book still works: storytelling (btw, great research-design)

A treasure trove of history resources

On August 31, 2020 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, HumanitiesLeave a comment

History How To’s

Bar Graph Timelines

On August 31, 2020 By Every day is a school dayIn HumanitiesLeave a comment

Nice idea to help with chronology https://mrwmhistory.wordpress.com/2019/09/29/bar-graph-timelines/

Jigsaw foldables

On February 4, 2020 By Every day is a school dayIn Exam Revision, HumanitiesLeave a comment

I’ve been trialling foldables this week after scrolling through the timeline of @reenateacha for inspiration. Here pupils have chosen either the 4, 6 or 8 piece version to complete. pic.twitter.com/WwaAiv2bNp

— Karen Knight (@KKNTeachLearn) February 4, 2020

A nice retrieval activity

On April 5, 2018 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, HumanitiesLeave a comment

Assessment in geography

On January 2, 2018 By Every day is a school dayIn HumanitiesLeave a comment

https://teachreal.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/what-do-they-know/

Nice geography app

On January 2, 2018 By Every day is a school dayIn HumanitiesLeave a comment

This app shows elevation on a map between two points

https://esriukeducation.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Profile/index.html?appid=f0a2a2a3e1964129b22c715e31282f6c

A reflection on teaching assumptions

On December 23, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Differentiation, HumanitiesLeave a comment

https://benjamindwhite.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/why-did-a-small-badly-designed-experiment-make-me-change-my-teaching-forever/

Good intervention idea from social studies

On November 26, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Exam Revision, HumanitiesLeave a comment

Here is a a really nice idea for social studies for improving achievement of year 11 and tracking attendance to intervention sessions

American Civil Rights resources

On November 25, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn HumanitiesLeave a comment

https://t.co/qdMxuZhoGK?amp=1

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