Learning Materials for Teachers

Tarr's Toolbox: Resources and Strategies for History Classes

Russel Tarr, Head of History, International School of Toulouse • 2024

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Levels and forms of education

Lower Secondary Education

Upper Secondary Education

Teacher Training

Resource type

Lesson plans

Worksheets and informative texts

Digital tools (e.g. video games, quizzes, etc.)

Interactive formats (e.g. group work materials, board games, etc.)

Other

Historic approaches concerned

Cultural History

Global History

Intellectual History

Local History

Transnational History

Other Approaches

Historic period

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Countries or areas concerned

, Europe, Cross-regional

Languages

English

Description

Explained by Russel Tarr himself: “Tarr’s Toolbox is a directory of freely available resources and strategies that I have used in my classroom. I teach history at the International School of Toulouse but most of these ideas will be transferable to other subjects." The blog contains many different suggestions of teaching methods for history classes,particularly creative ways of learning that incorporate debate and discussion, gamification, role play, project and presentation work, independent research and many many more.

Keywords

History class resources

Materials

Lesson Plans

Quizzes

Role Play

Blog posts

Essay Writing

Debate

Gamification

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