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Slide 1:“I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content, musical content, spatial content, numerical content, etc.”
-Howard Garnder
Slide 2:What did their teachers say?
Slide 3:“Lance, sit still!”
Slide 4:Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence ("body smart")
Slide 5:“Martin, raise your hand if you want to talk.”
Slide 6:Linguistic intelligence ("word smart")
Slide 7:“Phil, mind you own business.”
Slide 8:Interpersonal intelligence ("people smart")
Slide 9:“Rachel, stop staring out the window!”
Slide 10:Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart")
Slide 11:“Tommy, stop tapping on your desk!”
Slide 12:Musical intelligence ("music smart")
Slide 13:“He’s such a loner.”
Slide 14:Intrapersonal intelligence ("self smart")
Slide 15:“Galileo, are you suggesting that you know better than Aristotle?”
Slide 16:Logical-mathematical intelligence ("number/reasoning smart")
Slide 17:“Mr. Escher, please stop doodling and pay attention.”
Slide 18:Spatial intelligence ("picture smart")
Slide 19:Are Lance, Martin,
Phil, Rachel, Tommy,
Henry, Galileo, or M.C.
sitting in your class right now?
Slide 20:Would you know if they were?
Slide 21:Differentiating Instruction
to Highlight
Multiple Intelligences
Slide 22:Sample Assignment: Italian Renaissance
Old Way: :Old Way: Read Chapter 17, Section 1 on the Italian Renaissance and answer the questions at the end of the section.
Slide 24:New Way: For your assignment on the Italian Renaissance you may do one of the following assignments:
Slide 25:Linguistic intelligence ("word smart"):
Write a poem, speech, story, etc. about a key figure in the Italian Renaissance.
Slide 26:Logical-mathematical intelligence ("number/reasoning smart"):
Explain how Renaissance artists used math, especially the concepts of proportion and vanishing points in their masterpieces.
Slide 27:Spatial intelligence ("picture smart"):
Analyze a famous painting or sculpture from the Italian Renaissance or paint or sculpt your own masterpiece in the style of the Italian Renaissance.
Slide 28:Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence ("body smart"): Research and perform a sample of a Renaissance Dance.
Slide 29:Musical intelligence ("music smart"):
Research and perform a piece of music from the Renaissance or write your own piece in the Renaissance style and perform it.
Slide 30:Interpersonal intelligence ("people smart"):
Role play with a classmate an interview or conversation with a famous Renaissance personality.
Slide 31:Intrapersonal intelligence ("self smart"):
Research a Renaissance philosopher and journal how your views correspond or clash with their views.
Slide 32:Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart"):
Develop a project exploring the impact of nature on the art of Renaissance painters.