Lesson 3: Responsible Stewardship the Saving of the Great Lakes Handout 1 Cubing Introduction to the

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Six Sides to any Topic
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CUBING
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• Cubing Rationale
• Cubing is a strategy designed to prepare students
  in reading and writing.
• In writing it can be used as a pre-writing
  activity to stimulate students' thinking about a
  topic.
• In reading, cubing can be used to strengthen
  students' comprehension of a topic or concept and
  help expand students' understanding of a topic,
  concept, character, and/or text from various
  perspectives.

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• Many teachers create a visual (cube) prop so
  students have something tangible to work with. A
  teacher can use the strategy with the whole
  class, as small group work, and/or on a
  one-on-one basis. Any topic can be cubed. Cubing
  requires students to apply information they have
  been studying in new ways.

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MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE
BLOOM'S
DE BONO'S CRITICAL THINKING
WILLIAM'S TAXONOMY
QUESTIONING LEVELS
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TEACHER CREATED
Differentiated Activities
Characteristics
Resources
Student Interests

• The cubing method can also be modified to allow
  the teacher to create his or her own parameters
  or perspectives.

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MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE
Each cube side would represent a different
learning style.
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BLOOM'S

• Describe
• Present an overview of your experiences, views
  and some form of timeline.
• Where did you start from, where are you now and
  where do you go from here?

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BLOOM'S

• Analyze
• What are the important parts?
• How do the parts relate to the overall topic?
• If you were showing examples what would they be?

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BLOOM'S

• Compare
• How is the topic similar to other topics you have
  studied or activities you have done?
• How is it different from other topics you have
  studied?

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BLOOM'S

• Analogy
• The topic is like aor reminds me of
• Need some ideas to get started?
• Movie, adventure, vacation, memory or another
  story

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BLOOM'S

• Argue for it

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BLOOM'S

• Argue against it

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DE BONO'S CRITICAL THINKING

• 6 Thinking Hats (Critical Thinking Styles)
• White Information, Facts, Figures
• Black Attention to possible problems
• Green Creative/New Ideas
• Yellow Positive, Benefits, Motivating
• Red Emotions, Feelings, Instincts
• Blue Rule Keeper, Decision Maker
• Each cube side would be a different color or
  thinking style.

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CUBING

• TOOLS
• AND
• EXAMPLES

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Cube Template
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• Another cube idea
• Use a box (i.e. tissue or shoe box) that is in
  the shape of a cube to make a visual prop.
• Cover the cube completely with sheets of plain
  paper.

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• Label each of the six sides with the following
  way to write about something
• Describe the Great Lakes. What are the Great
  Lakes? Name them.
• Compare them to something you know. Is it like
  anything else you know of? What is it?
• Associate it. Where have you visited that could
  remind you of the Great Lakes?
• Analyze it. What are the Great Lakes made up of
  besides water? What kinds of pollution exist in
  our lakes? Name five species that depend on the
  Great Lakes.
• Apply it. How can we help our lakes get better?
  How are our lakes used and by whom?
• Take a stand. What are your reasons for or
  against protecting or conserving the Great
  Lakes?

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Lesson 3 Responsible Stewardship the Saving of
the Great LakesHandout 1Cubing Introduction
to the activity We will be learning how to
organize our thoughts about The Great Lakes using
the information we learned in Lesson One These
Lakes Are Great and Lesson Two Great Lakes at
Stake.What is it that we will be doing? We
will use a tissue or shoebox that we cover with
paper. We will answer six questions and put those
answers on this page. Your group will also use
either a caption or drawing to represent your
answers on each side of our box.