I’m always keen to make use of technologies which students are obsessed with – and one of the most popular is Facebook.

I had the idea that the “newsfeed” feature offered fantastic opportunities to produce timelines of topic-based events in an engaging way.

Take a look at this “Causes of the Russian Revolution” Facebook Newsfeed.

The concept is easily adaptable – just provide students with the first few events, then get them to decide on the rest!