Interactive Amplify (IA) sits at the Interactive row and Amplify column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real History lessons for KS2 that classify as IA, plus anti-examples that look IA but are not.
Artefact era sorting with class debate
The teacher posts twelve artefact pictures (mixing modern, Roman, Egyptian, medieval, prehistoric). Each pair sorts each artefact into one of four era columns on a class Padlet. The class scrolls the columns and the teacher highlights any artefact placed differently across pairs, asking those pairs to defend.
Tools: Padlet
Ancient civilisation pins on a shared map
Each pair is assigned one ancient civilisation (Egypt, Greece, Rome, Maya, Indus Valley, China). They drop two pins on a shared class map: one on the heartland of the civilisation, one on a place it traded with or influenced. They label each pin. The class scrolls the populated map and discusses how civilisations connected.
Tools: Google Earth
Mystery artefact prediction wall
The teacher posts a photo of one mystery artefact (e.g. a Roman strigil, a medieval thumb-shaped lock, an Anglo-Saxon brooch). Each pair posts a prediction of what it was used for, with reasoning, to a class Padlet. The class scrolls all predictions, the teacher reveals the artefact's actual use, and pairs reflect on which clues they noticed and missed.
Tools: Padlet
Lessons that look IA but are not
Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.
This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.