Description:
Using a spreadsheet to produce a graph of feelings and attitudes - in this case about the experiences of Plains Indians.
“Pupils are customarily asked simple data response questions, or to describe the graph… …However, use of graphs rarely excites or creates debate and argument.”
Peter Fisher – Thinking through History.
Apart from being relatively simple activities to plan and manage, lifeline activities can present insightful results. Lifelines usually use emotion as the basis for the analysis of an historical question. To produce a lifeline, pupils use a line graph; they usually have emotions on one axis of the graph and time on the other. Pupils are given statements, relating to the question, they decide where to place these statements on the graph, in relation to the emotions and time.
For examples of Lifelines see:-
‘Thinking Through History’ – Peter Fisher, Chris Kington Publishing, ISBN 1 899857 44 3.You ca nfind out more about developing lifelines on the Education Forum at: http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=1200
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