Another gem from Dan Roberts who says “I’ve only just started using Essay Map in the classroom and already I love it. Many of the students I teach find it difficult to write and structure an essay; actually even I do. Essay Map is a brilliant tool which works as an interactive graphic organiser that walks you through Full Article…
A Plague of People!
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) has become widely known for his theories about population and its increase or decrease in response to various factors. In his work An Essay on the Principle of Population, he observed that sooner or later a population gets checked by famine and disease. Basically, as with all plagues, he believed that Full Article…
Animating the Past.
Who doesn’t love the ever-popular Wallace and Gromit? Stop motion animation isn’t limited to claymation; Tim Burton used stop-motion and puppets to create The Nightmare Before Christmas. Learners can use just about anything in their stop-motion animation, and thanks to digital cameras and computers, creating one is super easy! Necessary skills before the activity – How to Full Article…
You be the judge
The Criminal Justice system is about the police, the court, and the sentences which work together to maintain the law in our society. In the UK the most severe punishment is life imprisonment however in the US, China, India and other places, the Death Penalty exists. You be the judge is an interactive game where Full Article…
Elections and voting
There’s a great interactive tutorial here about voting systems, it works well as a whole class demonstration on an interactive whiteboard or could be worked through independently on tablets or desktop computers.
Help deliver food to a war torn country
Delivering humanitarian aid and supplying food to countries in crisis from war, drought, floods or famine is a complex set of logistical and political issues. The World Food Programme – who are the experts in this field – have developed an interactive game called Food Force which gives you an insight into some these problems Full Article…