{"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":"<p>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<p>Here&#8217;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 &#8220;historian&#8217;s selfie&#8221;!). It forms the basis of a great piece of display work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3221\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.01-300x126.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-09 at 20.10.01\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3222\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.32-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-09 at 20.10.32\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3223\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-09 at 20.10.49\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49-1024x437.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49-100x43.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49-200x85.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49-450x192.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49-600x256.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.10.49-900x384.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.11.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3224\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.11.12-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-09 at 20.11.12\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.11.33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3225\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-20.11.33-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-09 at 20.11.33\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Downloads<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/06_PieCharts.xls\">Excel spreadsheet: Who and What was Responsible for World War One?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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