USING EVIDENCE TO FIND OUT ABOUT A PERSON AND PROBLEMS IN BELIEVING THE EVIDENCE YEAR 7

WHEN PUPILS JOIN MY CLASS IN YEAR 7, I ASK THEM TO INTRDUCE THEMSELVES TO ME AND TO TELL ME SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THEMSELVES. THIS IS A GOOD WAY OF GETTING TO KNOW THE CLASS. AFTER THIS I TELL THE PUPILS THAT I DON'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TOLD ME. THEIR HOMEWORK IS TO BRING IN A SHOE BOX OF EVIDENCE (A WIDE VARIETY) IN THE NEXT LESSON TO PROVE AS MANY THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES AS POSSIBLE.
WHEN THE NEXT LESSON COMES ALONG, ASK THE PUPILS TO HAND THEIR BOX TO SOMEONE IN THE CLASS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT WELL. THAT PERSON THEN HAS TO FIND OUT ALL THEY CAN ABOUT THE PERSON USING THE EVIDENCE ALONE. IF TIME ALLOWS YOU CAN ASK THE PUPILS TO ATTEMPT TO PUT THE EVIDENCE INTO CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. THIS THEN LEADS ON NICELY TO DISCUSSING THE PROBLEMS WITH SOME EVIDENCE. PUPILS THEN COMPLETE THIS WORKSHEET. BRING YOUR OWN BOX IN TOO! PUPILS LOVE THIS ACTIVITY!