Add critical thinking to your timelines, story mapping, sequencing, and process maps

Idea Spark | Collaboration, Analysis and Sequencing

Template: Revolutionary War Example 

Video: Different ways to set up collaborative sequencing activities

Detailed Walkthrough

In this post we are going to look at how instructors can set up a similar assignment in several different ways to increase the rigor for students by incorporating collaboration and critical thinking.  For this example, we are looking at a Revolutionary war timeline, but this can easily be applied to story mapping in ELA, process mapping in science, and problem solving logic in math.  

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Option 1 | Drag and Drop 

1- The instructor divides students into groups 

2- Each group is given a list of the key events 

3- Students collaborate together to drag key events in the correct order

4- All of the groups come together to discuss and finalize the timeline

Option 2 | Jigsaw: Build and Share 

1-The instructor divides students into groups 

2- Each group is given a blank board and a DIFFERENT topic

3- Students collaborate together to research and create a chronological timeline

4- Students come back together and share/teach their timeline with the whole class

Option 3 | Make Connections

1- The instructor divides students into groups 

2- Each group is given a list of the key events 

3- Groups discuss the correct order for each of the events 

4- Students analyze how certain events are connected to each other

5- All of the groups come together and hold a discussion on where and each of the events should go and why.