Activities Master List:
Think/Pair/Share: take a minute to think of the answer on their own, partner up and discuss the answer, hands up to share with the whole class.
Carousel: Each table has a large sheet of paper with the topic in the middle. Students will write brainstorm answers around the topic. Every few minutes they will switch stations and add on to the paper on the next table.
Jigsaw: readings are broken up into sections. Students read one section and then meet with other students who had the same section. Lastly they return to their original group and explain the section that they read to the rest of their group.
Gallery Walk: quotes or bits of information around the room, students have a worksheet with questions that they answer from the stations.
Jeopardy: just like the game show.
Review guessing game: picture on the overhead, one partner describes what is up while the other partner (facing away) guesses what it is.
Dice game: grid on the overhead with topics in each box. One partner rolls the dice twice to determine coordinates and then explains everything they remember about the topic.
A, B: Student A asks Student B a question, student A stand up and report back. Switch roles.
World Cafe Gallery Walk: one person stays at the station to explain the group’s work while the other students rotate through the stations.
Video Creation: various strategies.
Four Corners: Agree, Strongly Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree in each corner of the room. A question is asked and the students gather in the corner that reflects their opinion.
Mind Map: Another work for brainstorm.
Placemat: each student writes their opinion on their section of the placemat then they form one statement together and put it in the middle.
Boxing: small to large box on a sheet of paper, question in the middle, next group writes the answer or another question.
Debate sheets: for and against T-chart.
similarities activity: break students into groups and find things that you all have in common. Then find 3 that you think are unique to just your team. This is very difficult. We have more in common than separates up.
match-up pairs: one student gets the word and one gets the answer and they have to find each other in the class. Then let the teams write the answer up on the board.
Kahoot quiz: pairs card match-ups – each pair gets an envelope with cards. On some cards the word is written and on some cards the definition is written and they have to work together to find the meanings.
Who am I?: each student gets a sticker put on their forehead with one thing (profession, famous person, animal etc) and they walk around asking yes or no questions to the other students. They have to guess who they are.
step up, step back: if you usually step up, try stepping back to consider others, if you usually step back, consider stepping up to take a more aggressive stance.
Websites:
http://www.centenarybattlefieldtours.org/teaching-resources/teaching-resources-landing-page/
http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/home/