Consequence Map
Organise effects across groups, timescales and domains so students can reason about relative significance.
- Knowledge
- Causal · Chronological · Comparative · Systems · Evaluative
- Sequence
- Guided Construction · Deliberate Practice · Disciplinary Application
- Interaction
- Medium
A consequence map makes distribution and duration visible. It prevents a list of effects from masquerading as analysis by requiring links, affected groups, timescales and criteria for relative weight.
01How the architecture unfolds
- Define the focal event and boundary.
- Sort consequences by affected group and domain.
- Place effects on immediate and long-term timescales.
- Draw and justify causal links.
- Rank consequences using explicit significance criteria.
02The work on each side
Teacher moves
- Ask who experiences each effect
- Challenge unsupported arrows
- Model how criteria change ranking
Student moves
- Sort
- Link
- Compare
- Rank
- Justify
03What would count as learning?
- Students justify causal links rather than merely place effects
- Students compare significance across groups and timescales
04Across the curriculum
Historical significance
Map immediate and long-term consequences for distinct groups before making a judgment.
Interest-rate change
Trace effects across borrowers, savers, firms and government over different time horizons.