Outstanding lesson ideas for stretching the more able in HistoryPrintEmail

The sensational non-theory based course that enables you to deliver inspiring lessons that are pitched at supporting the more able learners in History

The day will focus on a variety of areas to stimulate our more able historians from writing counter factual history, creating historical comedies a la Richard Curtis, developing highly sophisticated role plays, stimulating creativity to becoming a historical novelist.

The aims of this course are to:

1) To focus on the practicalities of delivering much more demanding lessons in History
2) To offer high impact methods of engaging with even gifted and talented pupils.
3) To explore varied and stimulating high impact learning experiences.
4) To offer you the actual materials to take away and deliver the lessons in school.

During the course you will learn how to:

• Encourage the creative processes of risk taking, problem solving, debate and reflection.
• Create inspiring, positive and memorable learning experiences in a stimulating environment.
• Use readily adaptable learning techniques through which the pupils’ own ideas can grow and flourish.

This course includes:

• A comprehensive range of course materials that can be used the very next day
• Refreshments and lunch

PLUS a 12 month single user licence for the outstanding website echalk.co.uk. To view the quality of this resource
please visit echalk.co.uk. Echalk has been described by Teachers TV as ‘the best of the web’ and by the TES as ‘wonderful’.

COURSE OUTLINE
9.30 - 10.00 Coffee, registration and set-up laptops for a
prompt start at 10.00
10.00 – 11.30 Session 1: Re-writing history – counter
factual history and the great ‘What ifs?’
• Battle of Hastings for Year 7
• Fatherland for Year 10
11.30 – 11.45 Coffee
11.45 – 1.00 Session 2: Humour, satire and literature
• Eddie Izzard – Flags!
• Blackadder – a new series!
• Charles Dickens – the missing chapter!
1.00 – 1.45 Lunch
1.45 – 3.00 Session 3: Developing role play
• Thought tracking, tableux and freeze frame

 

Other issues in gifted and talented provision Wider reading, independent learning,enrichment activities and ICT.


(PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COURSE IS ABOUT ACTUAL LESSONS/ humorous and dynamic style.ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM. THE WHOLE DAY IS PRACTICAL, DELEGATES WILL BE DOING THE ACTUAL LESSONS THEMSELVES(APART FROM THE ROLEPLAYS –PROMISE!). THERE WILL BE ONLY LIMITED TIME GIVEN ON THE DAY TO CRITERIA FOR SELECTING GIFTED AND TALENTED PUPILS AND ANY DIAGNOSTIC ISSUES.)