Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Blooms Taxonomy

I enjoy using Bloom's Taxonomy when working in social studies especially.  The levels make for great cube questions.  I have also used it in Math as well.  These lead to some VERY interesting discussions.


Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USF35-1326]


Digital ID: fsa 8a02984   Source: digital file from intermediary roll film

Remembering: can the student recall or remember the information?
List what is in the alley way behind the girl.
Repeat what the girl is wearing
Understanding: can the student explain ideas or concepts?
Explain where this little girl is.
Discuss the kind of life this girl may have if she lives here.
Applying: can the student use the information in a new way?
Dramatize the life that this little girl may have at home.
Write a story about where this girl lives.
Analyzing: can the student distinguish between the different parts?
Compare this picture to the street that you live on now.
Contrast the girl’s clothes with her surroundings.
Evaluating: can the student justify a stand or decision?
Evaluate the idea that this girl is lower class.
Argue for or against the safety of her neighborhood
Creating: can the student create new product or point of view?
Write a diary entry from the girl’s perspective about a day in her life.

Develop a city plan that would help this girl’s family to live in a cleaner place.

2 comments:

  1. HI Heather. Does this look like the kind of citation you might ask your students to create? I'm wondering if there's a title/photographer/url?

    I like your Bloom questions but wonder about sensitivity - suppose you have students who are poor in your classroom? and wonder about assumptions about social class/cleanliness etc. I love the photo and wonder who took the picture and why.

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  2. I can see the issue about sensitivity. In my own classroom currently this would not be an issue, so I did the assignment based upon those students. But this is true that I need to be culturally sensitive at all times.

    As for the citation, I hope this one is better

    Vachon, John. Girl in Washington D.C., slum area. 1937. Photograph. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.. Web. 16 Jun 2013. .

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