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    Exit tickets

    Four identical slips per page for the last two minutes of a lesson. Each asks for one thing the student saw, one thing they concluded from it, and one thing they would need to check before writing it down as fact. Fast to mark, and the third prompt tells you exactly which misconception to open with next lesson.

    Any level · ages 11+2–3 minutesA4 & US Letter
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    How to run it

    1. 1One page yields four slips — print a quarter of your class size and cut down the dashed lines.
    2. 2Run it in the final two minutes, while the last scene is still on the projector.
    3. 3Sort the collected slips into 'observation confused with inference' and 'sound reasoning' — that split is your starter next lesson.
    4. 4Keep a handful blank for the students who finish a game round early.

    Free to photocopy for your classes. Keep the footer credit and use it as often as you like.

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    Exit tickets

    Exit ticketHistoryGuesser
    NameClass
    1. 1. One thing I could see in the scene

    2. 2. What that told me about when or where it was

    3. 3. One thing I would check before calling it a fact

    How sure am I? Circle one.

    Guessing12345Certain

    One thing you saw. One thing it proves. One thing you would check before believing it.

    Exit ticketHistoryGuesser
    NameClass
    1. 1. One thing I could see in the scene

    2. 2. What that told me about when or where it was

    3. 3. One thing I would check before calling it a fact

    How sure am I? Circle one.

    Guessing12345Certain

    One thing you saw. One thing it proves. One thing you would check before believing it.

    Exit ticketHistoryGuesser
    NameClass
    1. 1. One thing I could see in the scene

    2. 2. What that told me about when or where it was

    3. 3. One thing I would check before calling it a fact

    How sure am I? Circle one.

    Guessing12345Certain

    One thing you saw. One thing it proves. One thing you would check before believing it.

    Exit ticketHistoryGuesser
    NameClass
    1. 1. One thing I could see in the scene

    2. 2. What that told me about when or where it was

    3. 3. One thing I would check before calling it a fact

    How sure am I? Circle one.

    Guessing12345Certain

    One thing you saw. One thing it proves. One thing you would check before believing it.

    Four slips per page · cut along the dashed lines.historyguesser.app

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