Multiple Intelligences

Blooms Matrix – Stage 1 Commonwealth GamesKnowing Understanding Applying Analysing Creating Evaluating

VerbalI enjoy

reading, writing & speaking

Brainstorm your knowledge of the Commonwealth

GamesTask 1 BLM

orComplete a KWL chart on

the Commonwealth GamesBlooms BLM 1

Construct an acrostic about the Commonwealth Games

Blooms BLM 2

Construct a list of instruction to show

someone how to play your favourite sport.

Present a news report on a highlight from the Games.

Present it to your classmates.

Research a country that is participating in the

Commonwealth Games and write an information report

on it. Task 7 BLM & Task 7A BLM

Write a response to the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.

How did it make you feel?

MathematicalI enjoy working with numbers

& science

List the events that you would like to see on the

Calendar of March. Use the list of dates and events

listed. Task 5 BLM & Task 5A BLM

Graph the number of countries competing from

each continent. Teacher Resource Sheets

Keep a medal tally of five countries of your choice –

including Australia.

Compare the Australian medal tally this

Commonwealth Games to last Commonwealth Games.

Make a graph. http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/GamesInfo/Pas

tGames/PastGames.htm

Survey the class to see which Commonwealth sport is their favourite. Graph the

results.

Decide which Commonwealth Sport

would be the hardest to play and justify your

reasoning.

VisualI enjoy

painting drawing & visualising

Find our 5 facts about the Karak and draw a picture of

it. Task ? BLM

Colour the Australian Flag and write what being

Australian means to you. Task 10 BLM

Make a diorama of your chosen sport, its venue and all the equipment needed to

play that sport.

Create a scrapbook of your favourite athlete in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Should participating nations be forced to wear

a uniform? Justify your reasoning?

KinaestheticI enjoy doing

hands-on activities

Make a collage of things to do in Melbourne using the

internet of Melbourne Tourist brochures.

Blooms BLM 3

Make a memories collection of the Commonwealth Games by using news clippings, photos, the internet etc.

Analyse the 16 Commonwealth Sports and classify them into individual

sports and team sports. Task 13 BLM

Create a scrapbook of clippings from newspapers, the internet and magazines.

Write a short description about why you chose each

one.

Choose a symbol that represents the essence (true meaning) behind

the Commonwealth Games. E.g.the dove represents peace and

harmony. Musical

I enjoy making & listening to

music

Watch excerpts of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games

Find two songs that would be fitting to use in the

Opening Ceremony and explain why.

Create a Y chart of what it would be like to be at the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.

Create a play or TV Ad to promote the

Commonwealth Games.

Create a modern day version of the National

Anthem – either by changing the words or the music. Perform it to your

class.

Do you think that our Australian Anthem is

modern enough? Should we upgrade it?

InterpersonalI enjoy working

with others

In pairs, make a facts chart for a favourite athlete OR a Commonwealth sport. Find

out at least five facts. Blooms BLM 4

In groups, research the history the Commonwealth

Games.Task 6, 7 BLM

In pairs, perform mimes of various Commonwealth

Sports.

Prepare a booklet or a drama that will teach younger children about the history of the Commonwealth Games.

Perform it to the younger children.

Determine what creates an elite athlete? What characteristics do they

have?

IntrapersonalI enjoy working

by myself

Using a map of the world, locate Australia, the seven continents and Melbourne. Task 3 BLM & Task 4 BLM

Write an information report about the Commonwealth

GamesBlooms BLM 5

Create a simple picture of a Commonwealth sport using

the shapes tool on the computer.

Example Task 13 BLM

Create a Y Chart on the Commonwealth Games?

Blooms BLM 6

Design a poster to show people how to save the

Karak.

Would you like to live in Melbourne? What does/

does not make this a great place to live?

The Commonwealth Games 2006- Stage 1Overview: This unit provides students with the basic understanding of the Commonwealth Games and the spirit of multiculturalism and internationalism. It provides opportunities for students to increase their knowledge and understanding of the key outcomes within the unit.

Foundation StatementHuman Society and Its EnvironmentChange and Continuity, Cultures, Environments, Social Systems and StructuresStudents recount important family and community traditions and practices. They sequence events in the past and changes in their lives, in their communities and in other communities.

Students explore the composition of a number of groups, including Aboriginal peoples, in their community and recognise that groups have specific identifying features, customs, practices, symbols, religion, language and traditions. They acquire information about their local community by direct and indirect experience and communicate with others using various forms of electronic media.

Students make comparisons between natural, heritage and built features of the local area and examine the human interaction with these features. They investigate the relationship between people and environments including the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the land. Students use the language of location in relative terms and construct and use pictorial maps and models of familiar areas.

Students identify roles, responsibilities and rules within the family, school and community and explore their interaction. They describe how people and technologies link to produce goods and services to satisfy needs and wants.

Outcomes: English: TS1.1 Communicates with an increasing range of people for a variety of purposes on both familiar and introduced topics in spontaneous and structured classroom activities.TS1.2 Interacts in more extended ways with less teacher intervention makes increasingly confident oral presentations and generally listens attentively.TS1.3 Recognises a range of purposes and audiences for spoken language and considers how own talking and listening are adjusted in different situations.RS1.5 Reads a wider range of texts on less familiar topics with increasing independence and understanding, making connections between own knowledge and experience and information in texts.RS1.6 Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies when reading and comprehending texts.RS1.7 Understands that texts are constructed by people and identifies ways in which texts differ according to their purpose, audience and subject matter.RS1.8 Identifies the text structure and basic grammatical features of a limited range of text types. WS1.9 Plans, reviews and produces a small range of simple literary and factual texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers.WS1.10 Produces texts using the basic grammatical features and punctuation conventions of the text type.WS1.11 Uses knowledge of sight words and letter-sound correspondences and a variety of strategies to spell familiar words.WS1.12 Produces texts using letters of consistent size and slope in NSW Foundation Style and using computer technology.Maths: NS1.1 Counts, orders, reads and represents two- and three-digit numbers.DS1.1 Gathers and organises data, displays data using column and picture graphs, and interprets the results.SGS1.2 Manipulates, sorts, represents, describes and explores various two-dimensional shapes.HSIE:CCS1.1 Communicates the importance of past and present people days and events in their life, in the lives of family and community members and in other communities.CUS1.4 Describes the cultural, linguistic and religious practices of their family, their community and other communities.ENS1.6 Demonstrates an understanding of the relationship between environments and people. PDHPE:COS1.1 Communicates appropriately in a variety of ways.INS1.3 Develops positive relationships with peers and other people.ALS1.6 Participates in physical activity, recognising that it can be both enjoyable and important for health.GSS1.8 Performs fundamental movement skills with equipment in minor games. IRS1.11 Identifies the ways in which they communicate, cooperate and care for others.PHS1.12 Recognises that positive health choices can promote well-being.

Useful websites: Official and General Information SitesThe official Commonwealth Games sitehttp://www.melbourne2006.com.au/ The Commonwealth Games Federation website http://www.thecgf.com/home.asp

This is the Australian Commonwealth Games Association site, which is the official source for information regarding Australia's participation in past and future Commonwealth Games. http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/2006 Commonwealth Games from Wikipedia, the free encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Commonwealth_Games

Facts about the GamesFind out some facts about the 18th Commonwealth Gameshttp://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/comwealthgames.htm Starting blocks: About the Games.http://education.melbourne2006.com.au/_content/classroomresources/20 things about the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Gameshttp://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Media Centre/Fact Sheets/Commonwealth Games Coins. Find out about the coins the Royal Australian Mint has released.http://www.prospectstampsandcoins.com.au/web/comm_games/

The History of the Commonwealth GamesStarting blocks: History of the Gameshttp://education.melbourne2006.com.au/_content/classroomresources/ Find out some of the history of the Commonwealth Games from Annalee. http://www.youngcommonwealth.org/ic_chap_02.html20 things about the history of the Commonwealth Gameshttp://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Media Centre/Fact Sheets/Find out about past Commonwealth Games by using the sliding menu bar and selecting the game of your choice.http://www.thecgf.com/games/default.aspThe story of the British Empire & Commonwealth Games, now known as the Commonwealth Gameshttp://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/GamesInfo/General/Story.htm History of the Commonwealth Games. (a .PDF document)http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/library/History_of_Commonwealth_Games.pdf

Information about MelbourneScroll down this page to read all about Melbourne, the host city of the 18th Commonwealth Games.http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/melbourne.htmAbout Melbourne. Read the facts and view lots of interesting photos http://www.mfs.com.au/MFSAboutMelb.htmRead this information from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, about Melbourne.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MelbourneCity of Melbourne - All you need to knowhttp://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=91&pg=861  General Informationhttp://www.geocities.com/m2006cg/

Australian Commonwealth Games ChampionsTopics in Sport - Commonwealth Games - 2006 Australian teamhttp://www.ausport.gov.au/info/topics/commonwealth_2006_team.asp Starting blocks: Athlete's corner. An excellent source of information about athletes in each sport. Includes profiles of Australian athletes as well as selected others.http://education.melbourne2006.com.au/_content/classroomresources/Athletics Australia. Search the database for an athlete's profile.http://www.athletics.org.au/athletes/index.cfmSearch the Australian Swimming Athlete profiles for the biography of swimmers.http://www.swimming.org.au/profiles/profile.cfmAustralia's past champions. Find out about 9 of Australia's past champions.http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/GamesInfo/General/Australia's memorable moments at the Commonwealth Games. Read some interesting facts about our champions.http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/GamesInfo/General/Australia's high achievers. Find out some brief facts about Australia's most successful games and information about medal winners.http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/GamesInfo/General/ Saxton Speaker's Bureau. This website has information and profiles on some of our champions.http://www.saxton.com.au/searchindex/CommonwealthGames1.htmlCommonwealth Games gold medalists. (Includes winners from other countries as well) http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/

Queen's Baton Relay and CeremoniesStarting blocks: The ceremonieshttp://education.melbourne2006.com.au/_content/classroomresources/ Queen's Baton Relay - The international routehttp://qbr.melbourne2006.com.au/?s=qbrcalendarQueen's Baton Relay Australian Route Calendarhttp://qbr.melbourne2006.com.au/?s=qbrrouteQueen's Baton Relay Australian runners schedulehttp://qbr.melbourne2006.com.au/?s=qbrrunnerschedule 

Specific Commonwealth Games Sports Kidcyber sports - for brief information about many of the sports in the Commonwealth Games.http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/sports.htm Starting blocks: The sports. An excellent source of information about each sport, including its history, the equipment required event information and gallery of photos. Use the menu on the left.http://education.melbourne2006.com.au/_content/classroomresources/To view Games Results for specific sports categories or disciplines, select from the menus. http://www.commonwealthgames.com/Sports/ Affiliated Sports. This site lists the sports and provides links to check for more information.http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/AboutUs/Sports_body.htm

VenuesStarting blocks: The venueshttp://education.melbourne2006.com.au/_content/classroomresources/

The Commonwealth and its CountriesHow much do you know about the Commonwealth?  Find out what Terri has to say.http://www.youngcommonwealth.org/ic_chap_01.html Click the arrow to rotate the globe and click on a country for information.http://www.youngcommonwealth.org/Member countries of the Commonwealth. Click on the link under each country's flag for its Fact Files.http://www.cata.ca/Commonwealth/membersof.htmlSelect a continent in the left menu to find out about the Commonwealth countries.http://www.thecgf.com/countries/default.aspSee the list of the competing countries and click on the links for each country to find out information about it.http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Getting%20Involved/AScroll down slightly until you see the Country Profiles tab in the left hand menu. Select a country from the drop down menu and click go. http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Select a Commonwealth country from the list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members

National anthemshttp://www.national-anthems.net/ Australian Flag History http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/au.html The Official Uniformhttp://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17507362%255E39875,00.html

Learning Experiences:Activities that can be completed continuously during the unit or used as extension activities:

Students choose a selection of countries and keep a tally of the medals received. Students create a diorama of one of the Olympic venues. Students can compile a list of questions that they would like to ask their favourite

athlete. Students can compile a chart of world records and keep a tally of the records

broken during Commonwealth Games. Students can create a collage about the Commonwealth Games.Tasks Learning Experiences Classroom

organisationDate

Task 1 Unit Introduction. Students will brainstorm using a mind map what they

already know about the Commonwealth Games 2006. (Task 1 BLM)

In pairs/groups or individually.

Task 2 Setting Learning Goals Students write two questions they would like answered

during the unit. (Task 2 BLM) Type the questions into the computer and display these

Individually

around the room. Use these as a guide for class lessons or research studies.

Task 3 Where is Australia? On a world map the students identify: (Task3 BLM)

1) Australia 2) Melbournehttp://www.commonwealthgames.com/

Individually

Task 4 Where is Melbourne? On a map of Australia the students identify: (Task 4 BLM)

1) The seven States and Territories 2) Melbourne

Individually

Task 5 When do the Games start? Using the March Calendar, look at the dates of the Games and familiarize students with calendars. (Task 5 BLM)

Write down what the students would like to see if they were at the games each day. (Task 5A)

Use the calendar as a count down to the start of the games.

Pairs or individually

Task 6 The History of the Commonwealth Games (Task 6 - Teacher Information Sheet)

Discuss the history of the Games: Where did it begin?What is the Commonwealth? What is the purpose behind the games? http://education.melbourne2006.com.au/?s=classresources

Whole class

Task 7 Celebrating Diversity: Talk to the students about how many cultures influence Australia. Talk about the food, the culture and celebrations from other countries.

The students will choose one nation represented in the Commonwealth Games and research some of the facts about that country and prepare an information report.

Students are to take notes first (Task 7 BLM) and put them into sentences. (TASK BLM 7A)

Whole class

Pairs or individually

Pairs or individually

Task 8 The Official Mascot: The Karak Discuss with the students that the official mascot is the Karak this games and explore:

1) What is the significance of a mascot? 2) What is the significance of the Karak? 3) How did it become endangered? 4) What can be done about saving the Karak? (or any

other endangered species)

As a computer activity, design a Karak and list as many facts as they can remember around the picture.

Whole class

Pairs or individually

Task 9 The Australian Flag (Task 9 BLM)

Explore the meaning of the Australian Flag? Look at: 1) The history of the flag2) The meaning of the colours3) The meaning of the symbolsStudents can then colour their own flag or make a class one.

Class

Individual

Task 10 The 16 Commonwealth SportsStudents compile a scrapbook of their favourite athlete. (Task 10 BLM)

Students complete a Venn diagram of sports that are individual, team or both. Students cut and paste the sports symbols onto the Venn diagram. (Task 11 BLM & Task 11A BLM)

Students complete a find a word on the 16 Commonwealth sports. (Task 12 BLM)

Create a simple picture of a weightlifter using the shapes tool on the computer. (Task 13 BLM)

Pairs or individually

Pairs or individuallyIndividually

Pairs or individually

Task 13 A class graph of the competing nations (Teacher Resource Sheets)

Photocopy the names of the competing nations onto cardboard. (Each continent with a different colour.)

Construct a class graph to show the number of countries competing in each continent. Use this as a class display.

Revision: Reflect on the mind map, etc from Week 1 add what has

been learnt about the Commonwealth Games. (Use another colour to show the learning.

Evaluate the unit and allow time for students to reflect over their own goals for learning and to evaluate in their own words what their greatest achievements were throughout this unit in terms of their own learning.

Individually

Individually

Mind Map – Task 1 BLM Think of all the things you can about the Commonwealth

Games.

Commonwealth Games

What would you like to learn about the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games?

Task 2 BLMWrite 2 things that you would like to learn about the Commonwealth Games.

1) 2)

Where is Australia? – Task 3 BLM Can you see Australia? Colour it green when you find it. http://www.commonwealthgames.com/ is a very useful interactive map site.

Name:______________________

Where is Melbourne? – Task 4 BLM

Cut out the names of the States and Territories and glue them in the map of Australia.

South Australia

Queensland

Western Australia

NorthernTerritory

Tasmania Victoria New South Wales

Melbourne 2006Melbourne 2006 Melbourne 2006Melbourne 2006 The Games Calendar Task 5 BLM

March 2006Monday Tuesday Wednesda

yThursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15The Opening

Ceremony

16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26The Closing Ceremony

27 28 29 30 31

Competition Schedule Task 5A BLM

Choose which events you would like to go to and write them on

the calendar.Sports 1

516

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Opening Ceremony

Closing Ceremony

Diving

Swimming Sychronised Swimming

Track and Field

Marathon

Walks

Badminton

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Gymnastics

Hockey

Lawn Bowls

Netball

Rugby7S

Shooting

Squash

Table Tennis

Triathlon

Weightlifting

Teacher Information Sheet TASK 6 Teacher Resource Sheet

What are the Commonwealth Games? The Commonwealth Games is held every four years and is considered the showpiece for elite sporting athletes. The Games is only available to members of the Commonwealth which are countries that are (or have been in the past) ruled by the British Government. The commonwealth Games is referred to as the ‘Friendly Games’ because most competitors can communicate in the same language as a result of being governed by the British.

How many nations participate in the games? There are 71 nations that compete in the Games representing 6 continents; Asia, Europe, Oceania, North Americas, South America and Africa.

How long have the Games been in operation? The first Commonwealth Games was held in Canada in 1930. Australia has hosted the Games 4 times in total; Sydney in 1938, Perth in 1962, Brisbane in 1982 and Melbourne in 2006! There has only been two times in the history of the Games where they have been cancelled due to World War I and World War II.

My Note Page - Task 7 BLMResearch your information report and write your notes in the

boxes.

What is the name of the country? What language is spoken there?

What is the climate like? What animals live in the country?

What is the capital city of the country?

What is the currency (money) used in the country?

What are the interesting facts?

Remember – key words only.

Information ReportTask 7A BLM

Choose a country that is participating in the Commonwealth Games and write and information report on it.

What is the name of the country?

What language is spoken there?

What is the climate like?

What animals live in the country?

What is the capital city of the country?

What is the currency (money) used in the country?

What are the interesting facts?

Draw a picture here:

The Australian Flag – What does it mean?Task 9 BLM

Blue

Red

White

White

Colour the flag above in the Australian colours.

Go to http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/australia/flag.htm

What does Australia mean to me?

Draw your most favourite thing to do in Australia.

Picture:

My Favourite Athlete ScrapbookTask 10 BLM

Name of Athlete:

Sport:

Sporting Achievements

Individual Vs Team Sports - Task 11 BLMGlue the pictures into the right circle of in the middle if they are both team and individual

sportIndividual Sports

Team Sports

Individual or Team Sports – Task 11A BLM

Cut out the sports pictures and place them on the right part of the Venn diagram.

Aquatics Athletics Badminton

Basketball

Boxing Cycling Gymnastics

Hockey

Lawn

Bowls

Netball Rugby 7S Shooting

Squash Table Tennis

Triathlon Weightlifting

The 16 Commonwealth Sports – Task 12 BLM

Find-a-Word(Words can go up and down, forwards, backwards and across)

Aquatics Athletics Badminton BasketballBoxing Cycling Gymnastics Hockey

Lawn bowls Netball Rugby7s ShootingSquash Table tennis Triathlon Weightlifting

Z L B H O C K E Y V G S H T U K LO A H L K J H H G O O D J G K I TV W J B A S E H G T Y U I N O K TG N K L I H J A T H L E T I C S AY B U P G H M Q C H I R E X S F BH O T K L E R U I Y T R M O K I LI W R K L B V A C X F G S B Y B ER L D P O G Y T F R D E S R W S TJ S G B A D M I N T O N K N I P EK I J G R T W C E A S D X Z C C NL N K O I U T S B E N J U G E R NO P H G H T S E Z X D F G N H R I

E K J G Y M A S T I C S M I J I SL L A B T E N R H J K I G T U T YL O G P T Y D R T S A E F O G T YA Y F U I I T R I A T H L O N I NB P S O J U D T U B I O N H N U TT M W K K O L R U G B Y 7 S N U GE M Y N U I P O J G J L K J H K PK K P O B N M B H J G N I L C Y CS L W E I G H T L I F T I N G M IA P H N J G T S E T C U B G I N KB N S M S Q U A S H J I K P L O VT W E R T Y U I O O P J K N G F D

The 16 Commonwealth SportsFind-a-Word(Answers)

L H O C K E YA GW N TN A T H L E T I C S AB Q X BO U O LW A B EL T TS B A D M I N T O N E

C NS G N

N IG Y M A S T I C S I S

L L A B T E N TL OA T R I

IA T H L O N

B HT R

uU G B Y 7 S

EK G N I L

LCI

Y CS W E I G H T L I F T I N GAB S Q U A S H

Create a Simple Picture of an Olympic SportTask 13 BLM

Use the 2D shapes to create the picture of a weightlifter:

Graphing the Nations: Teacher Resource Sheets

Instructions: This activity is designed as a whole class activity on graphing. 1) Print off the pages and copy onto cardboard. (Each continent’s on a

different coloured piece of cardboard).2) Cut them up.3) Set up your graph display in your classroom.4) Hand out the countries to each students (2 each at least).5) During the lesson, ask each of the students to come forward with their

nation it and glue it or pin it to the display.6) Alternately, this could become a group maths activity and be done on the

floor. Note: These could also be used on a wall sized map of the world to show were each country is.

EuropeCyprusEnglandGibraltarGuernseyIsle of Man

JerseyMalta

Northern IslandScotland

Wales

AfricaBotswanaCameroon

MauritiusMozambiqueSouth AfricaSwaziland

The GambiaGhanaKenya

LesothoMalawi

NamibiaNigeria

SeychellesSierra Leone

TanzaniaUgandaZambia

OceaniaAustralia

Cook IslandsFiji

KiribatiNauru

New ZealandNorfolk Island

NiuePapua New Guinea

SamoaSolomon Islands

TongaTuvalu

Vanuatu

The AmericasBelize

BermudaCanada

Falkland IslandsGuyana

St Helena

AsiaBangladesh

Brunei DarussalemIndia

MalaysiaMaldivesPakistan

SingaporeSri Lanka

CarribbeanAnguilla

Antigua and BarbudaThe Bahamas

BarbadosBritish Virgin Islands

Cayman IslandsDominicaGrenadaJamaica

MontserratSt Kitts and Nevis

St LuciaSt Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and TobagoTurks and Caicos Islands

KWL Chart –Blooms BLM 1What I know What I want to know What I learned?

Acrostic Poem - Blooms BLM 2COMMO

NWEALTHGAMES

Sites of Melbourne – Blooms BLM 3Using the internet or travel brochures of Melbourne, create a collage of places to visit around the map

of Victoria. Can you spot where Melbourne is? Write the name next to the d

Facts Chart – Blooms BLM 4Find out at least five facts about your favourite athlete or your favourite

Commonwealth sport. Write them inside the bursts.

Draw a picture here.

The Commonwealth Games-Information Report – Blooms BLM 5 Using the information you have gathered and the format given, construct an Information Report about the Commonwealth Games. Remember Reports are used to present factual information about a subject. Remember to write your report using keywords and knowledge learnt from your research.

Introduction/General Statement (define and classify):

Description of Subject (sequence of information about the subject):

Conclusion (finish with a concluding statement about the subject):

Y Chart - Blooms BLM 6Describe the Commonwealth Games

Looks Like

Feels Like Sounds Like

GoldGold Gold

SilverSilver Silver

BronzeBronze Bronze