Seven ways to be smart

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels

Knowing

Understanding

Applying

Analysing

Creating

Evaluating

I enjoy reading, writing & speaking

* list the three tiers of government

* draw a Venn diagram of their responsibilities

* report your findings to the rest of the class

* investigate, create and argue your case for the CAP website stage 3 – So you want to be a Politician

I enjoy working with numbers & science

* find out how many departments in each level govt.

* convert your information into a graph to compare.

* calculate the number of seats in the federal govt. for each political party

* arrange the seats in the chamber according to party

* devise a ballot sheet for a forthcoming election -Parliamentary Ed Kit

* evaluate the preferences system of federal govt.

I enjoy painting drawing & visualising

* locate pictures of Prime Ministers of Australia

* outline the faces of five PMs onto some stamps with their date of birth, death, length of service &Australia

* make a collage of PM’s faces from the internet

* compare &

contrast pictures of current and past PMs

* design your own portrait of the current PM choosing your own media

* assess the portraits of other students using an agreed quality criteria

I enjoy doing hands-on activities

* play different roles in an imaginary electorate

* outline the qualities needed in a politician – Vote for Me! (Cap website stage 3)

I enjoy making & listening to music

* listen to the Australian National Anthem

* interpret the words by writing them in modern day words

* record your interpretation onto a tape

* pantomime actions to the National Anthem

* compose your own Australian National Anthem and put it to music

* judge the new songs using an agreed quality criteria

I enjoy working with others

* Choose a politician and research information

* Discuss with another group information gathered so far

* construct a slide show on the politician selected

* analyse why this politician was elected

* reflect on what makes a good/bad politician

* debate “ Politicians make or break a nation!”

I enjoy working by myself

*state what happened to Harold Holt?

* describe in own words what you or your family know

* examine CAP website Whatever happened to Harold Holt? Complete tasks