S E Hartsmith History

Last Saturday (23rd June 2018) I took the hour drive from Wiltshire down to Poole High School for the first ever @TMSouthHistory teach meet, masterminded by @Jmosley_history . I was really excited to be able to attend a teach meet for historians that was much more local than most, which usually seem to be London or further North. On Twitter it was clear that a lot of time and effort had gone in to building up #TMSouthHistorians, so was looking forward to hearing some great ideas, and even doing a short presentation myself ( 5 a day revision linked here ). I took my trusty bullet journal with me to note down the fab teaching and learning practice, and thought I’d write up just a few of them here. I have tried to link as many Twitter handles as I can to the wonderful ideas. Quick wins The day kicked off with 1 minute quick wins, where 10 ideas were shared. I spoke about Historical Guess Who, which I will upload resources to in another post. Just a few of these ideas were: Using r...

Hi there! I'm a History teacher in Wiltshire, England. My twitter handle is @sehartsmith This weekend I attended the inaugural @ TMSouthHistory  teach meet in Poole. I was asked to present an idea for a 10 minute sharing is caring session, which I nervously agreed to, especially as I have been on maternity leave the past school year! I actually really enjoyed presenting, and people had really nice things to say about my Historical 5 a day revision. I thought I'd create this blog to share this, and hopefully continue as I return to work next week. (photo from @MalCPD on Twitter) Whilst on maternity leave, I decided to keep my 'professional self' in the loop and thought about creating a resource to aid GCSE revision (we teach AQA). I came up with the '5 a day', where students revise content under 5 areas: Key people and terminology Chronology Context Source analysis Plan your answer   An example of a 5 a day on the Elizabethan Golden Age All ...