Teaching Tools | Facing History & Ourselves

Teaching Tools

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Last Modified April 8, 2021
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Color, Symbol, Image

Invite students to nonverbally communicate something they have read or watched, using a color, a symbol, and an image.

Student artwork
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Life Road Maps

Educators will enrich students’ understanding of a historical or literary figure by having students draw the figure’s life journey.

Student example of an identity chart with a drawing of a person and notes and quotations around it
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Fishbowl

Use the Fishbowl discussion strategy to help students practice being contributors and listeners in a group conversation.

Students sitting in a circle discussing
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Human Timeline

Use this interactive timeline activity to help students understand and remember the chronology of events.

Students in two lines facing and talking to each other.
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Give One, Get One

Students seek out and share ideas and information with classmates through this cooperative learning strategy.

Students in two lines facing and talking to each other.