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Theme strategies - What do you do to reinforce themes over the course of the school year?

Julianne Farkas

As I begin to wrap up the year and look back, I wanted to know some ways people addressed themes throughout the year.  It comes up over and over and it is important that we keep students thinking thematically. I have used a 6 fold for students classify information but I really need other strategies to keep things "fresh".

Thank you. 

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  •   you are so right - reinforcing the themes is a valuable use of instructional time, yet it can be hard to do as the school year progresses!

    In my directions for projects and assignments, I often give students a reminder to "Think PIECES." Here's an example for gunpowder empires. 

    I grabbed this drag and drop review from the FB group, which can help students practice applying course themes to the Industrial Revolution.

    In the second half of the course, we do a lot of FRQ practice - sometimes formally, sometimes informally with pair-shares, whiteboards, outlines, etc. This is a good opportunity to discuss what evidence would or would not score based on the wording of FRQ prompts and address student misconceptions about the course themes.

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  •   you are so right - reinforcing the themes is a valuable use of instructional time, yet it can be hard to do as the school year progresses!

    In my directions for projects and assignments, I often give students a reminder to "Think PIECES." Here's an example for gunpowder empires. 

    I grabbed this drag and drop review from the FB group, which can help students practice applying course themes to the Industrial Revolution.

    In the second half of the course, we do a lot of FRQ practice - sometimes formally, sometimes informally with pair-shares, whiteboards, outlines, etc. This is a good opportunity to discuss what evidence would or would not score based on the wording of FRQ prompts and address student misconceptions about the course themes.

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