30 Seconds

Students are shown a number of terms for exactly 30 seconds. They need to memorise as many as possible. After 30 seconds, the terms are hidden and they need to write down as many terms as they can remember along with at least one fact about that term.

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3-2-1

Display this on the whiteboard as students are walking through the door. They can work individually or in pairs to come up with the answers.

Good for differentiation as all students should be able to get at least one of the six points.

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Teach me about ...

Students become the teacher! One student is tasked with preparing a five minute revision starter about this topic for the beginning of the following lesson.

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I Predict

This task acts as the plenary from one lesson and the starter for the next lesson

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Just a minute

Starter or plenary task

Students are asked to talk to a partner about this topic for 60 seconds whilst abiding by a set of rules

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Lucky dip questions

Every student is given a number at the start of the activity. This is used to help pick who will ask and answer questions about what has been learned during the lesson.

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One, Two, Three

Can be used either as a starter or a plenary task.

Students are given a sheet to complete firstly on their own, then with a partner and then joining up with another pair

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Teacher Talkabout

The class 'test' the teacher on their knowledge of key words related to this topic

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What? Why? How?

A starter or plenary task.

Students are given a scenario. They have to suggest a solution, explain why they feel their solution is the most appropriate and finally explain how to implement their solution.

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Taboo

This starter or plenary follows the theme of the traditional Taboo game. Students work in teams with one student from each team having their back to the board. A word is displayed on the board and teams take it in turns to describe the word to the student without actually mentioning the word itself.

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Theory Notes Task

Students read the theory notes on the mini website and then answer the questions on the sheet.

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Write a conclusion task

Students are given a piece of text about this topic. They are asked to read the text and write their own conculsion. They are provided with 6 different examples of conculsion openers.

Task encourages students to develop their skills in writing conculsions to essay style questions - essential for the exam.

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Correct the Teacher

Students are given a piece of text written by a ‘teacher’. The text contains a number of mistakes. They are asked to read the text and correct any mistakes they find.

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Create a presentation

Students can take forever to set up a presentation often wasting valuable lesson time choosing their background colours and font styles.

This resource provides students with a template for this topic with the aim on them spending time on the content rather than the 'pretty stuff'.

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News Bulletin

Students work in groups to prepare a news bulletin about this topic.

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News story task 1

Extent of council spying revealed

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News story task 2

Net firms start storing user data

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News story task 3

Italy police warn of Skype threat

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News story task 4

Two RIPA news stories are detailed in this task

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