Written by: Alen Kuriakose, Trainer HSSW
History was the toughest in my school days. I usually got scolded by my teachers and parents on securing less mark. When I reached the tenth standard I was afraid to sit in the class, because the class was handled by the manager of the school, a frightening figure of that time. To my surprise, that old priest made me score A grade in my final examination. Lessons he taught are still my mind. Now I understood that it’s not the subject but the way he taught us made the difference and helped me to score high marks. He taught us history like a story. He didn’t give us answers; he scolded us for using guides; more than that he never gave a lecture. Entering the class he used to make us write down what he said and to read it at home. Whenever we took the note, we could feel it like reading an interesting story. It was an effort of an experienced teacher.
Here I suggest specific activities that can help teachers to reach out students using Bloom’s taxonomy. I have designed the activities based on Tamil Nadu’s tenth standard text book’s chapter on Social and Religious Reform Movements in 19th century.
Knowledge
This level provides the student an opportunity to recall fundamental facts and information about the movements. Success at this level will be evidenced by the student’s ability to.
Match names of reform leaders with their pictures
Identify the names of reform leaders in a crossword puzzle.
List the reform leaders in a chart
Arrange the scrambled biography of each leader in a sequential order.
Recall details about setting by creating a picture society of where a part of the movements took place. · Match statements of the reform leaders
Comprehension
This level provides the student an opportunity to demonstrate a basic understanding of the chapter. Success at this level will be evidenced by the student’s ability to
Interpret the picture of practice of Sati system
Explain the parts of the lesson in his or her own words
Re write the biography of the leaders into an autobiography
Predict what could have happen in the society as an impact of reforms
Construct a pictorial time line of events in the lesson
Explain the ideologies proposed by the leaders
Application
This level provides the student an opportunity to use information from the story in a new way. Success at this level will be evidenced by the student’s ability to
Prepare a speech on any of the ideologies proposed by a reform leader.
Demonstrate a role play where various reform leaders presents as characters
Think of an incident that occurred in the history and write about how he or she have handled the situation differently
Give examples of people the students knows who have proposing reformations in the contemporary society
Classify the reform leaders according to the ideologies they proposed
Analysis
This level provides the student an opportunity to take part of the lesson and examine these parts carefully in order to better understand the whole lesson. Success at this level will be evidenced by the student’s ability to
Identify the main events in the reform movements
Distinguish what could have happen same situation arises now
Compare rituals and practices in the society at that time and now
Select the important and influential reform leader
Recognise the meaning of ideologies
Synthesis
This level provides the student with opportunity to put parts from the lesson together in a new way to form a new idea or product. Success at this level will be evidenced by the student’s ability to
Imagine that you are one of the leader and prepare a daily diary
Create poster for the publicity of an organisations formed by the reform leader
Develop an action plan if you are placed as a president of any of these organisation
Write a script for a drama, where reform leaders can be presented as characters
Form an organisation and propose certain ideologies ·Imagine you as a reform leader and prepare a monologue on current issues
Create add for the use of Swadeshi Products
Evaluation
This level provides the student with an opportunity to form and present an opinion backed by sound reasoning. Success at this level will be evidenced by the student’s ability to..
Decide leader who has influenced them and why
Judge the actions of reform leaders
Defend the actions of the reform leaders
Consider how the biography of reform leaders are going to influence the student’s life
Appraise the value of their thoughts
Investigate whether information’s given in the text book are right or not
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