Get Gallery Walk Worksheet

A gallery walk engages all students in the feedback and reflection process. Learners and teachers collaborate to develop success criteria for a piece of work, then co-develop strategies for offering constructive peer feedback. Learners produce a piece of work then display their work for their peers to view.

Gallery walk is a classroom-based active learning strategy where students are encouraged to build on their knowledge about a topic or content to promote higher-order thinking, interaction and cooperative learning.

Large sheets of paper or chart paper are placed on the walls of the classroom. Students write their responses, draw pictures and record their thoughts on the given topic on the graffiti wall. Students are encouraged to use colored markers to make the wall interesting and to identify each student's work/response.

A gallery walk can also be used to introduce a concept. For example, imagine a history teacher wants to pique student interest in the Great Depression before teaching the unit. The teacher could choose 5–10 pictures from the time period, print them off, and tape them at the stations around the room.

A gallery walk can also be used to introduce a concept. For example, imagine a history teacher wants to pique student interest in the Great Depression before teaching the unit. The teacher could choose 5–10 pictures from the time period, print them off, and tape them at the stations around the room.

Possible prompts include: “What do you appreciate?” “What connections can you make to your own experience?” “What questions does this raise for you?” “What surprises you about this work?” “What do you want to learn more about?” Try to avoid prompts that elicit judgments such as “This is good” or “I like it.”

About This Teaching Strategy During a gallery walk, students explore multiple texts or images that are placed around the room. You can use this strategy when you want to have students share their work with peers, examine multiple historical documents, or respond to a collection of quotations.