Student Engagement Strategies
Interpreting Political Cartoons
In this link, we can look at how to interpret Political Cartoons, which can be a useful tool in seeing what happened in the time frame of the cartoon. They can be useful primary sources, and learning how to interpret them are very useful. This can teach students to look deeper into what a cartoon means.
Creating Virtual Posters
Using a poster is a good way to share information in a visually appealing way. The virtual poster will allow students to use technology to create a poster can help them to share the most important parts of the information, and then proceed to share them online with other students.
Blogging
Blogging is a good way for students express information in their own way through research. Other students can look at the blogs of each other, and make comments & have discussions about the information. It's a good way for students to interact with technology and learn to read online
Jigsaw
Jigsaw activities are a good way for students to become experts on one specific subject, and help to teach their classmates about it as well. It can help with promoting group work, and cover a lot of topics in a shorter amount of time. It helps with collaboration skills and communication.
Chunking
Chunking is a way for student to help organize their thoughts and information given to them in guided notes. By putting important information together, students can remember information better, and help them to organize the readings better.
Human Timeline
Human Timeline is a good way for students to each learn specific areas of history. After learning their area, they can present to the entire class chronologically, and have to line themselves up to do so. This will allow students to learn from each other, instead of just the teacher.
Quizlet
This is a good resource to use for testing the information that students have gone over. Students can create flashcards of vocabulary and use that to study in order to perform better on the tests.
Project Based Learning
Learning in a project-based matter helps students to investigate the information, and be able to present it in a different manner. Learning through doing can help the learners who are tactile, as well as those who learn through audio and visual stimuli.
In this link, we can look at how to interpret Political Cartoons, which can be a useful tool in seeing what happened in the time frame of the cartoon. They can be useful primary sources, and learning how to interpret them are very useful. This can teach students to look deeper into what a cartoon means.
Creating Virtual Posters
Using a poster is a good way to share information in a visually appealing way. The virtual poster will allow students to use technology to create a poster can help them to share the most important parts of the information, and then proceed to share them online with other students.
Blogging
Blogging is a good way for students express information in their own way through research. Other students can look at the blogs of each other, and make comments & have discussions about the information. It's a good way for students to interact with technology and learn to read online
Jigsaw
Jigsaw activities are a good way for students to become experts on one specific subject, and help to teach their classmates about it as well. It can help with promoting group work, and cover a lot of topics in a shorter amount of time. It helps with collaboration skills and communication.
Chunking
Chunking is a way for student to help organize their thoughts and information given to them in guided notes. By putting important information together, students can remember information better, and help them to organize the readings better.
Human Timeline
Human Timeline is a good way for students to each learn specific areas of history. After learning their area, they can present to the entire class chronologically, and have to line themselves up to do so. This will allow students to learn from each other, instead of just the teacher.
Quizlet
This is a good resource to use for testing the information that students have gone over. Students can create flashcards of vocabulary and use that to study in order to perform better on the tests.
Project Based Learning
Learning in a project-based matter helps students to investigate the information, and be able to present it in a different manner. Learning through doing can help the learners who are tactile, as well as those who learn through audio and visual stimuli.