Category Archive: Humanities

Mar
07

Pointless Evidence

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Who is it for? Anyone trying to help students develop their use of evidence and its application. Outline of idea My GCSE Philosophy and Ethics students sometimes have real trouble remembering to use evidence in their essays. In addition they often forget to explain the relevance of any evidence they offer. Sometimes they also end …

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Mar
02

Evidence Bingo

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Who is it for? Anyone trying to help students develop their use of evidence and its application. Outline of idea My GCSE Philosophy and Ethics students sometimes have real trouble remembering to use evidence in their essays. In addition they often forget to explain the relevance of any evidence they offer. To play Evidence Bingo …

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Oct
24

Essay-writing Consequences – Mike Bigg

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Who is it for? I’ve tried to use this to develop essay-writing skills and students’ reflection on their own essay writing at KS5. This is something to do at the end of a topic as you’re preparing to set students an essay. Outline of idea This is based on the old party game “Consequences”. Each …

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Mar
09

Graphic marking to encourage students to progress

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Who is it for? Teachers who would like to use visual representations of  Assessment data. Outline of idea (provided by Damon Lewis – Business studies) We have developed visual mark sheets which are used in both our KS4 / 5 lessons. Although there is every reason these would be appropriate for lower years. The idea …

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Feb
22

Human Linking Chains

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Idea from: Nicola Jones (Head of Geography) Who is it for?  Teachers of pupils in year 10 and 11 primarily but it could be used in years 9 and 12 where longer essays and explanations are being written. Outline of idea:  I wanted to develop exam techniques in year 11 revision sessions that were different, …

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Feb
08

"Easy" Assessment

Who it is for: Anyone looking to boost some confidence in written assessment tasks. Outline of the idea: I stumbled across this completely by accident when I left a class with a cover teacher to do an end of unit test. We use like this one to make marking more simple and highlight “things you …

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Jan
17

Trash and Treasure: Teaching students to identify key points from a text

Thanks to Zach Beamish-Cook for this! Who is it for? Anyone trying to help students to develop their skills in reading texts and identifying their key points. Mainly aimed at KS4/5. Outline of the idea A common problem in developing students' skills in reading texts is that they find it difficult to process a whole …

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