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Analysing Historical Propaganda Speeches
Helping students to understand how audiences can be manipulated by speeches In-depth analysis of a propaganda speech in order to identify and be able to spot elsewhere the many ways in which people can be manipulated. The purpose of the strategy is to take time to look at a speech in two forms, as text…
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Teaching Strategy: Developing a Sense of Place
Helping students to develop a sense of place and period, a crucial part of thinking historically Students often have problems thinking historically because they do not know enough about the time and place they are trying to think about. For example, how can we expect a student to analyse propaganda posters from World War One…
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Understanding Political Cartoons
Helping students to understand how political cartoons are constructed and how every part of the image, and the way the parts relate to each other, are important when analysing such cartoons Students often struggle to identify the main message of a political cartoon, because they do not know how to read the different aspects of…
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MindMup: An effective digital tool to support historical thinking
One day as a home assignment I set my students the task of creating a mind map. Next day during the lesson one student said that she had found a really useful online tool for mind maps. She shared it with us and now I am sharing it with you. It’s called MindMup. Why should…
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Using Google Apps – Google Forms in History class
I want to share one of the useful digital tools that I use with my classes. We have started using Google Forms and my students are really enjoying the process. It is easy to sign up for a Google Apps account and to start using Google Forms for different purposes in the classroom. There are…