Use Movie Maker to create great hooks and starters

Microsoft Movie Maker is a very easy-to-use video editing software and very effective to use with students particularly when it comes to creating smaller hooks and starters. Getting students to create a documentary instead of writing another essay can be an ideal way of encouraging students to think more creatively and become more involved in your subject.

Here's an example which I made for one of my Y9 history lessons. I played the film as they entered the classroom. We were studying evacuation during the Second World War.