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Category: Humanities

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

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

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

Why is RE important?

On November 1, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn HumanitiesLeave a comment

http://www.jkp.com/jkpblog/2017/10/religious-education/

Multiple choice for assessment – easy and more diagnostic than you might think

On October 22, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Humanities, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

“So that’s what you mean, Miss.” Using multiple-choice statements to model source analysis

http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2017/10/10-1

Vietnam War pictorial history

On October 22, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn HumanitiesLeave a comment

http://madefrom.com/history/vietnam-war/visual-history-vietnam-war/

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