MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

UNIT OF WORK

UNIT OF STUDY: Celebrations YEAR LEVEL: Stage 1

Multiple Intelligences	Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
	Knowing	Understanding	Applying	Analysing	Creating	Evaluating
Verbal I enjoy reading, writing & speaking	List the things we celebrate	Prepare a talk on your favourite celebration	Design an invitation to your celebration	Why do you prefer one celebration over another	Plan an end of term celebration as a class	Discuss which celebration the class likes the most
Mathematical I enjoy working with numbers & science	Make a calendar of celebrations involving class members and collect a media file including photos	Make a picture graph of events children in the class celebrate	Classify celebrations into family and community categories	Carry out a PMI on your chosen celebration	Make up the customs and symbols for your celebration	Discuss if everyone feels the same about special days and events
Visual I enjoy painting drawing & visualising	Decorate the room for your special celebration	Draw images of different celebrations that are important to you and your family	Categorise the pictures and add them to the wall display	Compare three celebrations using a Venn diagram	Make a collage of pictures of celebrations from around the world	Has everyone illustrated their celebrations in exactly the same way? Why?
Kinaesthetic I enjoy doing hands-on activities	Dress up for a special celebration	Practise the customs you will be using at your celebration role play		Make the food for your celebration	Make the decorations for your celebration	Hold your celebration
Musical I enjoy making & listening to music	Learn the song “Celebration”	Listen to different celebration songs eg Christmas carols, Easter Birthday	Create some dance movements to enhance the performance of ‘Celebration	Do all celebrations have special songs?	Create your own celebration song or rhyme	Perform your song with movement at assembly
Interpersonal I enjoy working with others	In your group list the things that are special about the celebration in the picture	As a class discuss common things and differences in the celebrations in the pictures	Report, with your group, the celebrations you investigated. Record details on a class chart	With your group investigate three different kinds of celebrations eg religious, cultural, national, community or family	Work with your group to make a planning checklist.	Prioritise the celebrations you investigated in your groups
Intrapersonal I enjoy working by myself	Find out about a celebration from another country	Write about your feelings for the celebrations that are important to you	Tell us about a celebration from another country that you found interesting	What would you change about your favourite celebration	Complete an X chart on celebrations	Write a report on your favourite celebration