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A mindmap of tasks and materials for Humanities subjects. Linked to the Facebook group "The Humanities Hub". Updated every month from shared materials on the group.
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by Rich Cramp
1. Significance
2. Parody of a popular song with relevant lyrics
3. Avoid Praising Intelligence and Sheer Effort. Instead, give feedback that highlights the values of planning and trying different learning strategies. Differentiated instruction tactics and principles (content of lessons, processes and finished product - keep changing these). Gamify - use games with points that accrue over time. Explain that challenges are oppurtunites. Encourage Students to Expand their Answers and to elaborate during discussions and problem based activities. Explain the Purposes of Abstract Skills and Concepts (to be used in the real world, to synergise with other subjects) but do this experientially rather than transferring the info. Exit tickets for formative assessments for the teacher and for students to outline what they need to focus on to improve.
4. Jigsaws - from 'home' group on one specialist topic to become experts, then mix with people from othe groups to teach them their topic
4.1. Listening triads - put into trios, each given a role: Talker explains or comments on text, Questioner asks questions to prompt more points being raised, interviewer, etc. Recorder records key points and reports to class.
4.1.1. Mindmaps. 1 - In pairs, one person creates a mind map from textbook on large paper on the wall. In silence, partner is opposite and can use information to either write short speech or create a propganda poster using the info from the mindmap. etc/
5. Dictogloss
6. Guided Reading
7. Quiz, Quiz, Trade.
7.1. Throwback Thursday, Flashback Friday (end of lesson, write 5 questions to answer the next week).
8. RAP - Read aloud, Ask Questions, Paraphrase
9. silent debates
10. Flipped examples
11. Fishbowl strategy
12. Flipped Classroom Students watch video. Main lesson silent debate. most significant causes and consequences.
13. Colour coded info graphic
14. Essay thesauraus bookmark
15. Growth Mindset
15.1. What?
15.2. How?
16. Independent learning
16.1. DIRT - dedicated improvement and reflection time
17. Ice Breakers
18. Students know they can develop their skills and talents through effort and persistence, as well as being receptive to lessons and feedback. They generally believe they can improve through hard work and trying new learning methods.
19. The MYP Learner Profile Unlocking the MYP Learner Profile: Concept-based planning, teaching and assessment
20. MYP teachers organize the curriculum with appropriate attention to: • Teaching and learning in context. Students learn best when their learning experiences have context and are connected to their lives and the world that they have experienced. Using global contexts, MYP students explore human identity, global challenges and what it means to be internationally minded. • Conceptual understanding. Concepts are big ideas that have relevance within specific disciplines and across subject areas. MYP students use concepts as a vehicle to inquire into issues and ideas of personal, local and global significance and examine knowledge holistically. • Approaches to learning (ATL). A unifying thread throughout all MYP subject groups, approaches to learning provide the foundation for independent learning and encourage the application of their knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts. Developing and applying these skills help students learn how to learn. • Service as action (community service). Action (learning by doing and experiencing) and service have always been shared values of the IB community. Students take action when they apply what they are learning in the classroom and beyond. IB learners strive to be caring members of the community who demonstrate a commitment to service—making a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment. Service as action is an integral part of the programme, especially in the MYP community project. • Language and identity – MYP students are required to learn at least two languages. Learning to communicate in a variety of ways is fundamental to their development of intercultural understanding and crucial to their identity affirmation.
21. New topic strategies
21.1. KWL Charts
21.2. Socrative Seminar Socratic Seminars - ReadWriteThink
21.3. 3 of My Favorite Ways to Introduce a New History Topic
21.4. Jigsaws - from 'home' group on one specialist topic to become experts, then mix with people from othe groups to teach them their topic
21.5. Snowball - share ideas from individuals to pairs, to fours, and finally whole class.
21.6. Notice and Wonders (individually write down what they notice, then discuss with partners. Then, ask a few questions about the text, etc).
21.7. Rainbow Groups - give each person on each group a different cause who needs to give a 3 or 4 minute presentation to their group.
22. Lifelong Learning
22.1. Edutopia Course on the Science of Learning
22.2. MOTIVATION
22.3. Example lesson plans
23. Concept Based Approach
23.1. Causation
23.2. Empathic Understanding
23.3. Change and Continuity
23.4. Perspectives
24. IB
25. Formative Assessments
25.1. Self Assessments and Peer Assessing
25.2. 1 - get students to write down the questions they'd like to know the answer to. 2 - Share success criteria by showing them high level creation. 3 - Effective questioning, differentiated. 4- Thumbs up thumbs down. 5 - One sentence summary. 6 - EBI and WWW. 7 - Followed by DIRT.
25.3. Key Questions
25.4. Dylan Wiliams
26. Literacy
26.1. EAL Toolkit
26.2. Reading
26.3. Word Up! Replace 6 words using a thesaurus
26.4. Writing
26.4.1. WordSift.org
26.4.2. Lotus Diagram for Essay Writing
26.4.3. Essay flow charts
26.4.4. Essay Writing Toolkit
26.4.5. Nomilisation
26.4.6. Paper 2 Phrasing
26.4.6.1. 24 key terms
26.4.6.2. Explain like I'm 5. Group effort deconstructing difficult text to find meaning.
26.5. EAL
26.5.1. Scaffolding Language Learning
26.6. Teacher hand book for English skills (including vocab acquisition).
27. Differentiation
27.1. Graded questioning (verbal and written)
27.2. Mixed ability groups, by dynamic too
27.3. Flipped classroom allows students to aquire knowledge in their own time
27.3.1. Scaffolding with phrasing, vocab, for EAL learners
27.4. Learning Menus
27.5. Job Role Cards
28. Aquisition
28.1. Activity Stations
28.2. Socrative Seminar
28.3. Think Pair Share
28.4. Escape Rooms
28.5. Snowball - share ideas from individuals to pairs, to fours, and finally whole class.
28.6. Harkness
28.7. Living Graphs
28.8. 40 Second Chunks - pairs in A and B. Person A listens to teacher, repeats to B. B repeats back to A. Next up, B listens to teacher, repeats to A, etc.
28.9. Discussion Strategies
28.10. Connect, Extend, Challenge
29. Movement Breaks!
30. Plenaries
30.1. History Haiku
31. Revision
31.1. Speed dating. Then, each person then writes an A, B and C question related to their topic on the whiteboard. Whole class then aswers the questions for homework (only 1 Question C).
31.2. Thinking Quilts (colour coded topics)
31.3. Class tools revision wheel!
31.4. Revising Historical Figures - sticky notes on head, 20 questions to guess who. Then stick on board and students add significant points for each figure. Go over in class, write down.
31.5. Cornell Notes
31.6. Print out snakes and ladders boardgame plus 100 or so questions
31.7. Race - different groups race to read info and report back to writer.
31.8. Jigsaw - one group with different 'specialists'. 15 minutes writing notes, share with group. Then experts sit together, share and add. Re-group and report back new info.
31.9. Retrieval Relay Race (4 boxes)
31.10. Cops and Robbers Sheet
31.11. RAG and then Quiz using Reds and Ambers
31.12. Memory Palace
32. Blooms Taxonomy
33. Extensions and Challenges
33.1. QR Code Corner, Extension Activities Corner Create a fast-finishers corner or display where QR codes reveal an extension activity. Colour-coordinate the activities for each key learning area. – For example, codes on green paper reveal numeracy activities, codes on blue paper reveal literacy activities.
34. Feedback
34.1. Marking
34.2. Assessments and target setting
34.3. Reduce workload and increase impact
35. Higher Level Thinking Questions
36. Starters
36.1. Maths code breaker
36.2. History lesson starters
36.3. Do Now Sheets
36.4. Mega list
37. Technology
37.1. 28 ideas
37.2. Google Expeditions
37.3. Nearpod
37.4. Ideas for History class
38. Application
38.1. Silent debates
38.2. Balloon Debate
38.3. Create a biographic video of the historical figure
38.4. Create a rap song (causes, main events, consequences)
38.5. Create a boardgame
38.6. Advice to film director
38.7. Create a film trailer: show best trailers on youtube, give out storyboard, tips on trailers (main problem and characters), info. 2 lessons.
38.8. Create a political cartoon - message, context, purpose.
38.9. Sort cards by significance
38.10. A Level Strategies
38.11. Drama ideas
38.12. Flipgrid
38.13. Socratic Seminar
38.13.1. Socratic Seminar 2