Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

Taskmaster: Diction Icebreakers

These gamified activities will help sensitize students to the nuances of diction and allow them to work together.

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

Low Stakes Debate

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Dictation: Read and Run

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

The Ideal Classroom

National Building Code Jeopardy