In this day and age where information is at the tip of your students fingers. As teachers, we need to find ways of making learning more dynamic. By flipping where we start on Bloom's Taxonomy, we can challenge our students in a new way.

1. FlippingBloom’sTaxonomy
Photo taken at Philadelphia Touch Museum 2012

2. @gephillip
TWITTER
EMAIL
george.e.phillip@gmail.com
WEBSITE
www.reversingsocialstudies.com

3. Q. What keeps you
up at night?
Complements of Dr. Julie Schell of the Mazur Group

5. –Ramsey Musallam, Ed.D
“When curiosity is sparked deep cycles of
learning can occur”

6. From: http://rachelpadula.edublogs.org/files/2011/10/hole-in-the-wall-computers-2bwsvxl.jpg

7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2009.2038487
What do you see?

9. “The assessment must align with the
goals via ‘backward design’; and the goals
as mentioned should highlight
understanding.”
Understanding
by Design
Wiggins, Grant. "Granted, And…." Granted and. Grant Wiggins, 01 Jan. 2014. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.

10. Explore-Flip-Apply

11. –Me
“Start with questions Google cannot answer”

12. Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember
1.

14. –Ramsey Musallam, Ed.D
“Videos address misconceptions, not teach
new content”

15. Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember
2.

17. – Every Teacher!
“Show me what you know!”

18. Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember
3.

21. Africa’s Early Cultures
Map of Africa’s early cultures (EXPLORE)
“What can this map tell us about early
civilizations?”
Movie on Egyptian culture (FLIP)
Create a poster to illustrate importance of
Nile River, then choose separate civilization
and show understanding (APPLY)

23. Sugata
Mitra’s SOLE
“Self-Organized Learning
Environment (SOLE) Toolkit…
designed to help educators
and parents support kids
(8-12 yrs) as they tap into
their innate sense of wonder
and engage in child-driven
learning” pg.2

24. Where is most of East Asia’s population located? Why?

25. Courtesy of Sean Junkins