Graphic Organizers!
Graphic organizers help students to store and re-access information. There are endless options when it comes to graphic organizers that can be used in your classroom. Graphic organizers should be clear and students should be able to understand the organization of each organizer. Specifically for history, graphic organizers are good for showing cause and effect relationships, chronological timelines and comparing and contrasting figures, societies or events. Below are some of my favorite graphic organizers that I plan on using in my classroom.
My "Fav Five"
1. Cause/Effect Chart - This cause and effect chart is a great way for students to organize information about particular events. Students place the different factors contributing to an event in boxes and arrows from those boxes point into the circle with the actual event.
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2. Venn Diagram - Venn diagrams are ways for students to organized compared and contrasted material. It is a wonderful graphic organizer that allows students to easily re-access information when studying.
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3. Wordle
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Use wordle.net to create "word clouds." The most repeated words are larger. A wordle could display the vocabulary of a historian or vocabulary from a particular unit. It is a fun way to get students engaged with material.
4. Show Me IPad App - For this app, you can create all sorts of organizers by creating and drawing your own. Also, you can record your voice and make your creation into a step-by-step movie. This app would be great for students working on a project together to enhance the visual and kinesthetic experience of the presentation. Also, teachers can create "show me" docs and send them later to their students to watch in video form.
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5. Question Organizer
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This beautiful wall-size graphic shows different types of questions. Notice the deeper-thinking questions are in the roots of the tree. I love this idea for my classroom and most definitely want to display something like this in my classroom. It reminds students that questioning it at the root of knowledge!