70 Activities for Tutor Groups

Introduction. Part I Activities - by Genre: Display: Introduction; Spin doctors; Gallery; Family trees; Caption competition; Society diagrams; Visual sources; Artefacts; Summary and evaluation; Games: Introduction; Trivia quiz; Card games; The end-of-term opinion poll; Geography puzzles; The most reasons; Revision games; The name game; Blockbusters; Party quirks; The alphabet; Top 5; Martians; Just a minute; Summary and evaluation; Worksheets: Introduction; The workbook; Themes; Multiple choice; Role-play questionnaires; Card groups; Summary and evaluation; Groupwork: Introduction; The committee system; Pairwork and buzz groups; Definitions; Essay-planning; The fishbowl; Editorials; Three planners; Rounds; Brainstorming; Press releases; Summary and evaluation; Role-play: Introduction; The press conference; The set debate; Role-play - international diplomacy; Set oral roles; Shock tactics; âQuestion Timeâ; Sculpting; Simulation - mock meetings; The courtroom; Summary and evaluation. Part II Activities for Difficult Territory: Abstract ideas: Introduction; Role-playing ideas; Draw an idea!; Manifesto-writing; A Post-it wall; Theories as diagrams; 3-D ideas; Opposites and enemies; Sub-ideas within a big idea; Collage; Summary and evaluation; Primary documents: Introduction; Text and context; Quotation deconstruction; Newspaper headlines; Create a charter!; Read out loud!; Paragraphs; Role-play a text; Predict the passage; Maximum three; Key words; Summary and evaluation; Numerical data: Introduction; Socio-economic predictions; Recognition tests; Accept and reject; Vox pop; Dream statistics; Blank-out!; Bogus statistics; Invent a political party!; Summary and evaluation; References and further reading.