Washing Lines

1. Washing Lines

2. Causation questions “Why did Henry VIII marry 6 times?” reason reason reason reason reason reason reason I normally get students to write down as many reasons to explain why something happened, this is obviously good for causation questions. Normally each student on a table of 4 has different coloured pieces of paper which makes it easy to identify who is contributing and who is not. Least important Most important reason reason reason reason reason reason You can then develop the students answer by asking them to rank their ideas in order of importance. They can peg ideas together if they feel they have equal importance.

3. Leading statement “Washing lines should be inly be used to hang washing on” Disagree Agree Alex Dan Emma George Give students a leading statement or quote and they all have to decide upon the extent to which they agree/ disagree with the statement Mark

4. Source work “How useful is your source if we are trying to find out about X?” Not useful Useful Photo Source C Cartoon Source A Source B Utility to questions. Give each table a source, written, picture, cartoon etc

5. Categorising “What problems did the Weimar Republic face in the years 1918-23?” Inherited Social Economic Political Example Example Example Example Example Example Example You can decide if you want to give them categories or not to start off with. Eventually you want students to be able to categorise themselves.

6. Chronology, consequence and literacy “How was Adolf Hitler able to become a dictator?” Hitler Dictator Event Event Event Event Event Students have to think of as many events or incidents that could answer the question. Then another group must come up and place the events in chronological order. A third group must then and connectives to make the argument work. You can have the connectives printed off or make them think of their own or a mixture of both. Firstly Dictator Hitler This led to As a result of this Ultimately Subsequently Event Event Event Event Event

7. Living Graphs “Did Oliver Twist have a good life?” Died Born Event Event Event Event Event Can be fiddly, but use additional pieces of sing to show how good a persons life was. First place them n chronological order and then use the string to show the highs and lows. Can also be used for success eg The church's attempts to dominate the church Event Event