Interactive Transform (IT) sits at the Interactive row and Transform column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real History lessons for KS4 that classify as IT, plus anti-examples that look IT but are not.
Live joint research on a shared event
A class partners with a class in a country directly involved in a chosen historical event (e.g. partition of India 1947 with an Indian school; the Gold Rush 1849 with a US school). Together they build a shared web page combining sources, photos and oral history from both countries. Each side contributes content; the other side responds and integrates.
Tools: Google Sites, Microsoft Teams
Cross-cultural source analysis with partner school
A class is paired with a partner-school class in another country (e.g. UK class paired with a German class for a topic on WWII; UK class paired with a US class for a topic on the Cold War). Both classes annotate the same primary source on a shared Doc, with each student tagging their nationality. The classes then debate where their national perspectives diverge.
Tools: Google Docs, Microsoft Teams
Real-time historical-debate competition
A class hosts a live debate competition on a contested historical question (e.g. who was responsible for the start of WWI?) with a partner school in a different country. Two teams of three argue different interpretations; native-school peers argue alternative interpretations. Teacher-judges on both sides give feedback; the class watches and votes on the strongest case.
Tools: Microsoft Teams
Lessons that look IT 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.