Linguistic Verbal Intelligence · Conducting Interviews with members form the community · Write a journal entry as a person from one of the discussed eras · Have a class debate on whether change is necessary for us to survive · Write a recount on the history of the local area
Logical Mathematical Intelligence · Developing a timeline for the information discussed in class · Draw a graph to display the population growth in the local area · Create a chart to show how an area has developed
Visual Spatial Intelligence · Allow students to examine texts from the past to explore how things have changed, such as advertisements, prices, news etc. · Create a class museum of artefacts · Draw a picture of what an area may have looked like before British colonisation
Music Intelligence · Listen to music that represents different eras. Discuss how it is different to today’s music · Make up a song or jingle using factual information as the lyrics · Examine the lyrics of a song that reflects Australian culture, then and now
Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence · Creating a personal time capsule or a time capsule to represent the community · Tour the local community to investigate the way it stands today and how it may once have been · Role playing scenarios from the past
Intrapersonal Intelligence · Reflect on own thoughts about change and record these in a learning journal · Individually complete research questions by way of a Webquest on the culture of a specific time period in Australian history · Take a class photo to record the students as they are now and have them reflect upon how they may change
Interpersonal Intelligence · Brainstorming how things might change in the future in certain areas and in our homes · In small groups discuss how you would feel if you were an Aboriginal before and after 1788 · Group research projects on local sites in the community
Naturalist Intelligence · Spend some time as a class outside taking note of natural features that they would not want to change · Study an animal that has been affected by change in the environment eg the loss of habitat, pollution · Visit a national park to see how sites such as these are protected from change
Existentialist Intelligence · Class discussion on what if change had never occurred · Small group discussion on if change is happening too quickly · Write a creative writing piece imagining you are in the future, telling us what has changed
3 topics suitable for 6 hats discussions that are appropriate to the Stage and unit outcome: Indigenous Australians and the arrival of Early Settlers in Australia World changes in your lifetime Technology in the future
Activities based on Bloom's Taxonomy: In the table below Bloom's Taxonomy has been shown in useful verbs, question starters and activities, which can be integrated in all Key Learning Areas.