Now that we have this diffit activity library
where you can start with an activity and then add your content.
I’m speeding through this part,
but this is how you can create reading summaries,
all that good stuff on diffit.
Go try it out. Now back to the activities.
I wanna show you three of my favourite activities
for the history classroom.
First up is our moment in time graphic organizer.
Here, students read
and then they use an image to talk about a moment in time.
Who was involved? Where did it happen?
What happened? When did it happen?
Why? And that?
I see, I hear,
I smell, I feel,
I taste.
These are such a great way to summarize what students have Learned
once they’ve done some vocabulary,
done some reading, answered some multiple choice questions,
answer some short answer questions and even do a group discussion.
My next favorite is this comic strip activity
where students, again,
they read, they learn about a topic
and then they create a comic strip to represent what they’ve Learned.
This one was created by the amazing people over at Ditch That Textbook
and it’s part of their partner collection.
You’ve got to check it out.
And finally,
you know it’s not a history class unless it’s got text analysis.
We’ve got Happy, Hip and Hippo available,
as well as a bunch of other different text analysis graphic organizers
you can use with primary sources.
Those are my top three different Activities for the history classroom.
I can’t wait to share my top three for the science classroom,
language arts classroom, and more soon!