Students engage in an interactive activity where they are given a prompt and asked to brainstorm words, people, or places that come to mind. The teacher accepts all responses and displays them visually.
Label: Studetns will then label the groups they have created. For example if one list is names they may call this list people.
Guillente
Hair turned white from impriosinment
Marie
Robespieer
Dead
Louis 16
Mobs
Group: Students will work to group the words from the brainstorming into groups/lists. Students may group the words as they like. They should be able to give a reason to their grouping.
Brainstorming: Students are given a prompt. Students then list any words, people, places, anything that comes up to mind at all. The teacher should accept all student answers and visually display them.
Bastille
Locations
Paris
Before acitivy, but could be more. Students can use a graphic organizer version and use this method will reading. Also great for review.