{"id":3479,"date":"2015-09-25T19:14:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T16:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2015-02-14T21:48:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T18:48:33","slug":"piechart-prioritisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/cause\/piechart-prioritisation\/","title":{"rendered":"PieChart Prioritisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of a unit of study about causation, ask students to divide responsibility between factors in an Excel template which automatically converts the percentage splits into piecharts; thereafter they have to explain their reasoning.<\/p>\n

Here’s an example where students had to reflect upon WHO and WHAT was most responsible for the First World War (part of their homework task, as you might guess, was to take a suitably cheesy “historian’s selfie”!). It forms the basis of a great piece of display work.<\/p>\n

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Excel spreadsheet: Who and What was Responsible for World War One?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the end of a unit of study about causation, ask students to divide responsibility between factors in an Excel template which automatically converts the percentage splits into piecharts; thereafter they have to explain their reasoning. Here’s an example where students had to reflect upon WHO and WHAT was most responsible for the First World… <\/p>\n

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