Learning Styles Challenge
Learning Period 2: High School Success
Name: _____________________________________________
Date: ___________
Directions: You are going to volunteer in a middle school social studies class to observe the use of learning
styles in the classroom. Students in this class are studying ancient Mesopotamia. Students may choose to work
on any three of the following five assignments. Students will rotate stations every 40-minutes.
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Station 1: Architecture Challenge (Ziggurats & Obelisks)
Station 2: Newscast (Mesopotamian News)
Station 3: Sumerian Poster Design
Station 4: You be the Judge (Hammurabi’s Code)
Station 5: The Next Act (The Epic of Gilgamesh)
Learning Style Dispositions Directions: Read the learning styles classroom application handout and fill in the
correct answers.
1. Performing
A. Tasks: prefers subjects/activities that are
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B. Environment: prefers
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C. Program Emphasis:
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D. Best Activities:
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E. Ideas for Assignments:
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2. Producing
A. Tasks: prefers subjects/activities that are
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B. Environment: prefers
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C. Program Emphasis:
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D. Best Activities:
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3. Inventing
A. Tasks: prefers subjects/activities that are
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B. Environment: prefers
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C. Program Emphasis:
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D. Best Activities:
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E. Ideas for Assignments:
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4. Relating/Inspiring
A. Tasks: prefers subjects/activities that are
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B. Environment: prefers
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C. Program Emphasis:
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D. Best Activities:
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E. Ideas for Assignments:
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5. Thinking/Creating
A. Tasks: prefers subjects/activities that are
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B. Environment: prefers
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C. Program Emphasis:
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D. Best Activities:
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Directions: Write a quick observation of the project and work completed in each rotation. Select the
learning style task(s) and environment(s) that were used in each social studies project and select the
learning style disposition that would most enjoy this project. Visit three stations.
 Station 1: Architecture Challenge (Ziggurats & Obelisks)
Observation:
Tasks:
Environment:
Learning Style(s):
 Station 2: Newscast (Mesopotamian News)
Observation:
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Tasks:
Environment:
Learning Style(s):
 Station 3: Sumerian Poster Design
Observation:
Tasks:
Environment:
Learning Style(s):
 Station 4: You be the Judge (Hammurabi’s Code)
Observation:
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Tasks:
Environment:
Learning Style(s):
 Station 5: The Next Act (The Epic of Gilgamesh)
Observation:
Tasks:
Environment:
Learning Style(s):
Directions: Select one of your high school courses and read the course description. Select a key
concept or big idea outlined in your course description. Create a project designed to your learning
style. Complete the assignment and attach it to this worksheet. Turn this project in as your LP2 High
School Success work sample.
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