1. greet class
add a thunk
do the register
start a debate…

2. Tutor
Time?
Do ideas come from inside or
outside your head?

3. Practice
key
words?
Would you rather live under
democracy or a dictatorship led by
Father Christmas?

4. Subject
specific
Starter?

5. Make
your
own
Which is the more important
invention, the … or the …?
What is the most important part of a …?

6. Is there more
future than
past ?
Thunks lend themselves to…
• Writing an answer down on a scrap of paper
• Moving students into groups to develop their arguments
• Think pair share
• Live voting using a spreadsheet based graph that can be
changed as arguments are made
• Challenging the more able to argue against the view they
actually hold
• Asking the less confident / able students to say who made
the best point

7. Can you stop thinking?
The Little Book of Thunks
Ian Gilbert
Independent Thinking Series
£6.00 Kindle
£7.00 book