MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM'S TAXONOMY

UNIT OF WORK

UNIT OF STUDY: Australian Identity and Values YEAR LEVEL: 5/6

Multiple Intelligences	Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
	Knowing	Understanding	Applying	Analysing	Creating	Evaluating
Verbal I enjoy reading, writing & speaking	Read about original Aboriginal Settlement Write your own theories.	Match Aussie Slang to ‘English’ meaning	Record European discovery of Australia between 1606 – 1770 on a map	Predict what future changes might occur in our multicultural community	Research a ‘famous Australia’ and prepare a report	Determine why people chose to migrate to Australia
Mathematical I enjoy working with numbers & science	Locate a timeline of events that relate to Australia’s history from 60,000 to 200 year ago	Outline Australian special days/events – record on a yearly calendar	Classify different cultural groups in school in a Venn diagram	Formulate the number of migrants per ‘original’ country who migrated here	Create a graph of the different nationalities of people in Australia as of 2002 (almanac)	It is 2020 - predict and record the different cultural groups (population changes)
Visual I enjoy painting drawing & visualising	Name and locate on a map natural and man made images that make Australia unique	Draw a variety of Australian images to accompany map	Illustrate and display a variety of typical and unique Aussie road signs	Analyse an Aboriginal work of art to determine colour, form and story	Invent a fictional Aussie character – give a name, occupation and character (draw)	Justify why certain clothing is acceptable and others not include other cultures
Kinaesthetic I enjoy doing hands-on activities	Find a typical Aussie recipe – list ingredients and instructions – get ready to make	Make a collage of Multicultural Australia	Construct an ‘Australian’ building icon out of clay	Arrange a display of ‘fair dinkum’ artefacts along with information sheets	Design an invitation to an Australian celebration – complete with illustrations	Devise a ‘Trivia’ type game which asks about Australia/ns
Musical I enjoy making & listening to music	Learn the song ‘ A road to Gundagai’ and the meaning behind it.	Listen to the story and the song ‘Advance Australia Fair’	Examine a famous Australian poem and turn it into a song/ rap or dance	Identify which old time ‘Australian’ songs/ballads most people know - list	Propose new words to the National Anthem – using same tune	Judge the new national anthems for suitability and creativity.
Interpersonal I enjoy working with others	Relate to story “onion tears’ state opinions on discrimination or racism,	Describe, décor, atmosphere etc felt in a home/restaurant or place of different culture	Examine how some people are disadvantaged due to, discrimination, racism or prejudice	Survey family and friends with “What is Australian’	Devise a play based on the ‘Dad and Dave’ Perform	Debate the value of current immigration policies (re: detention centres)
Intrapersonal I enjoy working by myself	Locate and record evidence of products and places associated with cultural groups in the community	Describe your understanding of how and why are Australian identity and image is changing ?	Examine ways in which you could assist ‘new arrivals’ who have different cultural origins to the school	Design a survey which will provide answers to ‘What is Australian’	Research own cultural origins – from immediately family to the time of settlement (or equivalent time)	Assess media images of Australia -which images do you value most/least?

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