Lesson Ideas for the History Classroom
The lesson ideas below can be adapted for any year level and topic
Analysing ImagesAnalysing Images is an important historical skill. The .pdf below is designed to improve these skills. This was used for a unit on the WW2 Australian Homefront experience. Unfortunately, the .ppt is too big to upload.
If you would like to use this activity, you will need to print out the images from slide 4 on wards, and distribute these among your students when you get up to slide 3. I have attached a similar smaller version of the image analysis PowerPoint below.
Formulating QuestionsHere is a great question generating task that I used with my Year 11s. This was the task I gave them while watching the film 'Shooting Dogs', which was part of a unit on 'Issues for the Millennium' (VCE Unit 2). Students watched the film as a lead in to the unit, after which they had to think of 10 questions they had about the Rwandan Genocide. This task has been adapted from http://www.vanishingpoint.com.au/teachers/the-lessons.html
Wall DisplaysWall displays and timelines reinforce key concepts and skills. At year 12, key knowledge and dot points are always in sight.
Year 12 Nation Race Revision
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Using Bio-CubesBio-Cubes are a great way to get students to create a simple biography on a historical figure. They also make a great cover lesson. Below is a worksheet I created for a bio- cube on Charlie Chaplin. This was part of a unit on the development of moving images. This can be used as part of the Australian Curriculum unit on Popular Culture at Year 10. The BioCube Creator can be found at http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/cube-30057.html Flash player is required for this one.
WW1 Conscription PostersBelow is a PowerPoint lesson on propaganda and conscription/recruitment posters during WW1
Using BlendspaceThis allows you to organise your resources and create lessons or units of work for your students. Students can access their work and documents from the one space. It is also very handy as it allows students to work at their own pace, as each can move on to the next lesson when ready to. It is iPad friendly and PC, so great for all classrooms and year levels.
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Pop Up ExhibitionsA great way to engage students is to get them to research an event in history, then ask them to create a replica artefact to display in a student led exhibition. Click on the link below to see an example of a Year 9 Artefact exhibition.
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