NAME:

Lindsey Enright
Unit topic: Neolithic Period and Cave Painting
Grade level: 6
Blooms Taxonomy

Knowledge
tell, list,
define, label,
recite,
memorize,
repeat, find,
name, record,
fill in, recall,
relate

Comprehension
locate, explain,
summarize,
identify, describe,
report, discuss,
review, paraphrase,
restate, retell,
show, outline,
rewrite

Use a checklist
to find various
facts in the
passage
provided

Describe an event
during this period
with poetry

Visual/spatial
drawing, model, poster,
photograph, storyboard,
illustration, board game

Draw and label

a cave painting
and the
symbols

Logical/mathematical
diagram, outline,
timeline, chart, critique,
graph

Naturalist

Gardners Multiple
Intelligences
Verbal/linguistic
poetry, debate, storytelling, essay, checklist,
journal

Application
demonstrate,
construct, record, use,
diagram, revise,
reformat, illustrate,
interpret, dramatize,
practice, organize,
translate, manipulate,
convert, adapt,
research, calculate,
operate, model, order,
display, implement,
sequence, integrate,
incorporate
Interpret a cave
painting and use storytelling to explain to
the class

Analysis
compare, contrast,
classify, critique,
categorize, solve,
deduce, examine,
differentiate, appraise,
distinguish,
investigate, categorize,
infer

Evaluation
judge, predict, verify,
assess, justify, rate,
prioritize, determine,
select, decide, value,
choose, forecast,
estimate

Synthesis
compose, design,
hypothesize,
formulate,
create, invent,
develop, refine,
produce,
transform

Write a journal to
compare/contrast
symbols of cave
paintings

Chose a topic
(Neolithic period/cave
painting) to debate
with a partner

Compose an
essay on a region
discussed in the
lesson which has
many cave
painting findings

Create a storyboard
to retell an event
during this time

Illustrate a drawing of
a cave painting in a
certain region

Create a poster to
categorize symbols of
cave paintings with the
regions

Use a photograph of a
cave painting to predict
what it means

Design a board
game that
involves
Neolithic period
or cave painting

Fill in the
blanks on a
outline about
the Neolithic
Period

Create a timeline to
outline the
Neolithic Period

Use a graph to
organize the various
regions and cave
paintings

Use a chart to compare

and contrast 2 cave
paintings

Choose a piece of
artifact and create a
critique

Label a display

Locate a collection

Display a diagram to

Examine an exhibit on

Locate various

Invent an
instrument they
might have
found helpful in
this time period.
Create a diagram
to show how it
looks than
explain in an
essay
Compose a

classification, collection,
display, observation,
forecast, investigation,
simulation, exhibit,
identification

on the
Neolithic
period

of artifacts and
explain to class

explain symbols of
cave painting or
Neolithic period

Neolithic or cave
paintings and infer
what it is trying to tell
you

collections from cave

painting/Neolithic
period and determine
what they have in
common

collection of
cave paintings
which tell a story

Musical
song, rap, lyrics,
composition, jingle,
slogan, melody

Create a song
to tell an event
that happened
during this
period to the
class

Retell a cave
painting or event
through lyrics

Create a song to
demonstrate
understanding of
Neolithic period
information

Examine a cave
painting and create a
rap to explain

Look at an event.
Predict a different
ending and tell through
lyrics and song

Create a jingle to
help students
remember an
event for a test

Bodily/Kinesthetic
role play, skit,
pantomime, dance,
invention, lab,
improvisation, prototype

Tell a situation
that happened
or could have
happened in
the Neolithic
Period through
role play, skit
or dance
Create a
journal entry to
tell teacher
what you have
learned at the
end

Retell a Neolithic
Period moment and
perform a skit

Interpret a cave
painting and create a
dance based off it

Investigate a cave
painting and role play
a situation that would
lead to that painting

Design a skit
about cave
painting

Summarize what
you have learned in
a journal entry
about cave painting

Look at an exhibit;
organize and create an
editorial

In a discussion,
list information
you have
learned
throughout the
lesson

Discuss in a
roundtable what
the provided cave
painting means

Use a roundtable
activity to discuss
events in the Neolithic
period

Create a goal statement

about what you would
like to learn by the end
of the lesson; when the
lesson is done, write a
journal explaining if
you achieved that goal
or not and why
Investigate an event
and discuss with a
friend

Look at a situation that

involved cave painting
or the Neolithic period
and predict a different
ending that could have
happened. Tell this
through role play or
skit
Complete an
assessment to asses
your learning

Decide on a position
statement on a specific
event; describe and
explain to class

Design a group
activity with a
classmate, to
help classmates
learn more about
the Neolithic
period

Intrapersonal
journal, log, goal
statement, belief
statement, selfassessment, editorial

Interpersonal
discussion, roundtable,
service learning,
conversation, group
activity, position
statement, interview

Design a self
assessment for
your classmates