BLOOM'S TAXONOMY & MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Bloom's Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
Seven ways to be smart
Knowing
KWL Chart Create a KWL
Chart of what you know
about the Gold Rush In
Australia and what you want
to find out.
Verbal
I enjoy reading, writing &
speaking
Research the topic using the
interactive CD "Australia's
Goldrush", the Kidcyber site
and any book resources
available to you.
Understanding
Applying
Analysing
Creating
Evaluating
Letter
Midas Touch Write an
explanation as to why gold is
treasured.
Read the story of "King Midas
and the Golden Touch" and
answer the questions.
All aboard Cobb & Co
How to Manual
Searching for gold
Write a manual on
Research Cobb & Co. and
the methods used to
What methods were used to write a report about their
find gold.
find gold?
part in the Australian
Gold Rush.
Remember to use
procedure text.
Write down additional
information on your KWL
Chart.
News Article
Imagine you are a digger
and write a letter home to
your family telling them of
you experiences.
Write a Newspaper Article
to report on events at the
Diggings.
How Long?
Using the information
about distances between
ports and major gold finds
calculate the time it would
take to walk from the ports
to the Gold Field if you
were able to walk 20km per
When you have the value of an
ounce of gold from the television. day.
How much? Find out what
value gold has at the moment. US$ to Aus$
This information is shown
each night at the end of the
Currency Converter.
news on television
Immigrants Collect the
immigration figures for
the Gold Rush Era.
Immigrant graph
Use the information
Welcome Stranger
Mathematical
Some large nuggets were on immigration to
How far? Use maps and
create a graph to
found during the gold
I enjoy working with numbers atlases to find out how far it is
show where the
rush. Use a database to
between: Sydney ----Bathurst,
& science
diggers immigrated
record the Name of the
Australia's worth How
Calculate
the
value
of
an
ounce
of
Ballarat and Adelong.
from
Nugget, its weight in
much does the Reserve
gold
in
Australian
Dollars.
Melbourne--- Bathurst,
ounces its weight in
Bank of Australia hold in
Ballarat and Adelong.
grams and today’s value.
Gold? Calculate its cash
Robe S.A. --- Bathurst,
value, remember to convert Order the list from
Ballarat and Adelong
heaviest to lightest.
to Australian Dollars.
Weighty Problem
Use a spreadsheet to
convert the weight of gold
nuggets from ounce to
grams. Create a graph to
show the nugget’s weights.
1850's, what did we look
like?
Visual/Spacial
I enjoy painting, drawing &
visualizing
Timeline
Draw and illustrate your own
Look through paintings and
Gold Rush Timeline.
images of the clothing worn
in the 1850's. Make sketches
of clothing worn by the
Chinese, diggers and troopers
Where in Australia
Draw a map of Australia
and mark the Gold Rush
sites
Clothing of the day
Research clothing worn
by the diggers, troopers, a
government official,
women and a chinaman. Diorama
Make drawings of these
or use the templates to
Create a diorama
make a display for the
showing a scene from
classroom.
the gold rush.
Tools to fossick and
mine
Sketch tools used to search
for gold.
Patents
Draw a map of Australia
showing the states of 1850.
Write a report of the
patents technology. Draw
and label models
Dance, games and
Recreation
Kinaesthetic
I enjoy doing hands-on
activities, sports & dance
Research the dance, games
and recreation of the times.
Photographer
While on your excursion to
the Adelong Falls you are to
take photos to be used in a
PowerPoint display about the
Falls Gold Area.
Time for a board
Game
Eureka Stockade Scene
Play Time
Wanted
Draw a scene showing the Eureka Research Bushrangers of
Stockade Rebellion.
the time and draw a wanted
poster for two of the
bushrangers
Look at a range of board
games to get some ideas.
Then plan and make a
board game called "Gold
Fever".
On Stage
Write and cast a play
Perform your play at a
about the Gold Rush
school assembly
Musician
Musical
Songs of the Gold Rush
Stories of the songs
Songs to sing
Learn some of the songs
Select a song of the time or about about the Gold Rush or
I enjoy making & listening to Research the songs and music
the gold rush and explain what the from the Gold Rush Era.
of the Gold Rush Era.
music
story the song is telling.
Interpersonal
I enjoy working with others
A women's place
Eureka 5 Whys.
Brainstorm with the class
Research the Eureka Stockade
Aboriginals and the
gold rush
Name that tune
Write a song about
the gold rush and
Research entertainers of
music to accompany
the Gold Fields. Located
it.
an example of their work.
Star Struck
Perform songs learnt at a
school assembly
Healthy Diet
Quiz Master
From your research list
Create a multiplechoice quiz about the Use the Quiz questions to
Strike it Rich
what the role of Women was and use the Five Whys technique
during the Gold Rush and list with the class.
their responsibilities.
Listen to the story by Rachel
Tonkin "To the Goldfields!"
and see if you can add to the
list.
With a partner research the
effect that the Gold Rush
had on the Aboriginal
population and prepare a
list of advantages and
disadvantages for the
indigenous population.
the food eaten by diggers. Gold Rush in
Compare this to the food Australia.
we eat today. Discuss
with the class what the
health of the diggers
might have been like.
play "Strike it Rich"
Classroom Display
Make a classroom display
depicting life on the Gold
Fields.
Ballarat Cloze
Goldfields Simulation
Use the CD Rom "Goldfields"
Make notes of the problems
faced by the diggers.
Women Venn
Intrapersonal
I enjoy working by myself
If the hat fits.
Dragon Boat
Go to the Ballarat gold
fields. Your User Id is:
student and your password
is: belts.
Use the CD Rom
"Convict Fleet to Dragon Excursion Power
Boat" to write a recount Point
How is the life of women of the
of your experiences as a
Largest Nuggets
Gold Rush Era different than that
Create a PowerPoint
Research the Largest Nuggets
When you have found your Chinese Digger.
of women today? Use a Venn
presentation about
and complete the worksheet
fortune do the Cloze
Diagram to illustrate your
The Adelong Falls
Exercise.
Adelong Mine
findings.
area.
Adelong’s Gold
Research the Gold Rush in
Write a report of the Gold
Adelong.
Rush In Adelong
Write an account of the
gold rush from the
perspective of one of the
following:
Chinese
Miner,
Digger
Bushranger
Inn Keeper
Trooper
Wife of a
digger