15 habits of great History teachers

Name: 15 habits of great History teachers
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By a History teacher, for History teachers

Created byThomas Rogers

Last updated 4/2020

English

What you'll learn

Learn new techniques and strategies for teaching History
Consider what makes for outstanding History teaching today
Become a more effective practitioner
Use each video as a discussion prompt with colleagues in departmental meetings

Course content

4 sections • 27 lectures • 1h 10m total length

Introduction: Raising attainment in History16:54
An introduction to the course and some ideas about raising attainment in the history classroom.

Challenge students with higher order questioning3:48
Challenge students with higher order questioning

In this video:

What makes a great question in History lessons?

What impact can good questioning have?
Encourage enquiry by asking students to generate their own questions2:18
In this video:

Find out about the question generator activity and how it can be used in lessons

The importance of a "spirit of enquiry" in History
Download: Enquiry templates0:03
Fact finding/Enquiry templates
Give students thinking time1:56
In this video:

Why thinking time is so important for students

Why thinking time is particularly crucial in History lessons
Disect sources with and for students4:44
In this video:

How do you analyse sources in History?

How do you support students in source analysis activities

The questions to ask learners about sources
Source Skills Student Audit0:05
A Source Skills Audit that can be used to support students in their understanding of how to analyse historical sources.
Download: Source Skills Mat (by Victoria Hewett)1:00
Source Skills Mat
Questions to ask students when analysing a photograph0:19
Tell a good story4:30
In this video:

Why is great story telling central to great History teaching?

Some examples of stories to use in class to engage students
Put understanding the work of a “real” historian at the centre of learning1:02
In this video:

Why is understanding the work of a professional historian important?
Interviewing an historian12:15
In 2017, my year 9 class in Spain had the opportunity to interview military historian Paul Reid. I think the use of video tech is a much under used resource when it comes to engaging with academic historians and this "live interview" was really impactful with students who still talk about it to this day. Many historians are willing to get involved in similar projects - approach them via twitter or their publicists.
You can see the other interviews with Paul (this was Part 1) over on my Youtube channel - RogersHistory.
Present interpretations of the past with skill4:22
In this video:

What is an historical interpretation?

How to teach "interpretations"
Download: Initial Visual Stimuli for a lesson on interpretations1:00
Lesson Starter for interpretations - whats in the picture? (rabbit and duck + saxophonist and womans face)
Don’t shy away from “horrible” History1:44
In this video:

Discussion on the importance of teaching the tough parts of History to teach
Ensure assessment is rigorous and relevant1:48
In this video:

Types of Assessment in History

Strategies for ensuring rigorous assessment
Download: The Emoji Exit Ticket (by Kate Jones)2:00
A great activity from Kate Jones (@87history) suitable for use during a lesson plenary to gauge student understanding or to review previous learning.
Support students in their essay writing0:15
Visit actual places1:42
In this video:

A discussion on the importance of educational visits
Convince students that it’s always quality over quantity that matters0:50
In this video:

Why quality is always more important than quantity
Use DIRT1:06
In this video:

What is DIRT?

Strategies for implementing DIRT
Download: DIRT templates (by Victoria Hewett)
Watch other History teachers teach1:08
In this video:

The virtues of watching other teachers teach
Think outside the box on assessment5:54
In this video:

Ways to think outside the box on assessment
Teach Challenging History2:06

Requirements

No additional software is needed before beginning this course
A passion for your own professional development will help!
A love for all things teaching and learning

Description

I'm delighted to present this online course; "15 habits of great History teachers".

This course contains 15 stand alone lectures, each detailing a different "habit" of great History teachers. Drawn from my 8 years experience as a History teacher in British state schools, working alongside inspiring and gifted colleagues, I came up with the list which has now formed the basis for this online course. Alongside videos, there are also many supporting documents including a KS3 2015 assessment matrix. The aim of the course is to help History teachers, old and new, prospective and accomplished, to reflect on and further develop their professional practice.

Who this course is for:

Current History teachers interested in reflecting on their own practice
Prospective and trainee History teachers looking for a comprehensive introduction to some of the things great History teachers do

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Course content

Introduction: Raising attainment in History1 lecture • 17min

Welcome to the course1 lecture • 2min