Trelawney Class – multiple intelligences homework grid. Topic: Inventors and inspirers- Cornish mining. Spring Term 2014
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Multiple Intelligences
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THINKING SKILLS PLANNING GRID: |
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Remembering |
Understanding |
Applying |
Analysing |
Evaluating |
Creating |
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Verbal I enjoy reading, writing & speaking |
Make a list of 5 mining inventions. Research the dates of the inventions and order them chronologically.
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Write a letter to a Cornish miner. What would you ask him or her?
Or Mines were dangerous places. Mine shafts are still dangerous today. Create a poster warning people not to climb down mine shafts. |
Mind-map all the things that you have learnt about Cornish mining so far. | Create a storyboard of someone working down a Cornish mine. This could be a comic strip or cartoon. (Have a look at www.comiclife.com to help) | Research 3 mines from anywhere in the world and rate them on how deep they go down. | Write about the average day of a Cornish miner.
Or if you know someone who works or worked in a mine, interview them about their life and report to the class. |
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Visual I enjoy painting, drawing & visualizing |
Find a picture of a Cornish mine and write a description of it.
Or draw a picture of Humphry Davy or Richard Trevithic and write a profile of them. |
Create a world map that shows some of the metals mined around the world today. | Make a collage about Cornish mining using materials and photos. | Design a magazine showing Cornish mining clothes and equipment.
Include the clothes of women and children. |
Draw and label a picture of outfits and equipment from modern mining. | Create a 3D model of a tin mine or a piece of mining equipment. |
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Kinaesthetic I enjoy doing hands-on activities |
Traditionally Cornish miners had pasties for lunch.
Make a pasty with the help of your parent/guardian. |
Make a collection of rocks and minerals and share with the class. | Cornish miners travelled to many different parts of the world.
Find a country that Cornish miners travelled to and on A4 paper draw and colour in the flag of that country. |
With your parent/guardian visit Heartlands or Poldark Mine and write a report about what you found out there about Cornish mining. | Make a piece of Cornish mining clothing or equipment of your choice. | With the help of your parent/ guardian find different types of metals around your house and try and discover what they are and where they came from. |
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Musical I enjoy making & Listening to music |
Create a song for Cornish miners to sing down the mine to keep their spirits up. | Try to use musical instruments or items that make interesting sounds to imitate the noises of a Cornish mine underground. | Perform a rap that includes five facts about Cornish tin mining. | Listen to the anthem of Cornwall (‘Trelawny- The Song of the Western Men’) and compare it to a modern pop song of your choice. Write down which is your favourite and why? | Write a song or poem about a pasty, the miners traditional food.
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Create your own small musical instrument that you could take down the mine to keep everyone entertained. |
WARNING: Mines are dangerous places. Please don’t climb over any mines unsupervised or go into any mineshafts to do any of these activities!
Useful websites: www.cornish-mining.org.uk www.geevor.com www.poldark-mine.co.uk www.cornishmining.com
If you have thought of a similar activity that is not on the grid but that you would really like to do then go for it!