1. Island Survival Exercising your Thinking and Survival Skills

2. What is it about?

3. Lesson Goals Imagination and Creative Writing Imagination and Creative Writing Team Work and Problem Solving Team Work and Problem Solving Use of Thinking Tools Use of Thinking Tools Judging yourself and others Judging yourself and others Decision making Decision making Having FUN Having FUN

4. Class set-up 8 teams of 4 students 8 teams of 4 students One table per team One table per team Group Roles Group Roles –Scribe –White Hat Thinker – What are all the facts –Yellow Hat Thinker – Why this is a good idea –Black Hat Thinker – Why this is a poor idea –Green Hat Thinker – What are the new ideas

5. World War Two 1939- Allied Side Allied Side UK, Commonwealth countries (Cricket, Rugby Union, Netball), France, USA, USSR UK, Commonwealth countries (Cricket, Rugby Union, Netball), France, USA, USSR Axis Side Axis Side Germany, Italy and Japan Germany, Italy and Japan

6. Setting the Scene Where’s Wally in Venezuela, Cuba, Florida?

7. Evacuation

8. From Venezuela to Florida Danger Below

10. Torpedo !!!!

11. Abandon Ship The facts The facts 24 x 11-13 year olds 24 x 11-13 year olds Captain mortally wounded Captain mortally wounded Crew all killed Crew all killed 5 minutes to get to life boats 5 minutes to get to life boats Many islands nearby Many islands nearby Grab all survival materials you can collect Grab all survival materials you can collect

12. Silent Round Robin Strategy Silent Round Robin Strategy Teams of 4 Teams of 4 One sheet of paper per student One sheet of paper per student Multiple answers Multiple answers Swap – read – add ideas –no repeats Swap – read – add ideas –no repeats Grab all survival materials you can collect. How?

13. Choosing your most valuable item HOW? HOW? Discuss and decide in pairs Discuss and decide in pairs Strategy- Tournament Prioritiser – use any 16 items from your Round Robin List Strategy- Tournament Prioritiser – use any 16 items from your Round Robin List

16. Exciting Writing HOW? HOW? Y Chart Y Chart What does it What does it –Look Like –Sound Like –Feel Like

17. ‘Abandon Ship’ to ‘The Landing’ Abandon Ship Abandon Ship The Life Boat Journey The Life Boat Journey Land Ahoy! Land Ahoy!

19. Expressive Writing He bolted and nearly got hit by lightning as he frantically ran to the rocking lifeboat He bolted and nearly got hit by lightning as he frantically ran to the rocking lifeboat

20. ‘Abandon Ship’ to ‘The Landing’ Sea Trip in the Lifeboats Sea Trip in the Lifeboats

22. ‘Abandon Ship’ to ‘The Landing’ Land Ahoy!!! Land Ahoy!!!

24. Exciting Writing HOW? HOW? Use the materials from your Y Chart Use the materials from your Y Chart 3 paragraphs (one for each stage from ‘Abandon Ship’, ‘Life Boat Journey’ and ‘Saved!’ 3 paragraphs (one for each stage from ‘Abandon Ship’, ‘Life Boat Journey’ and ‘Saved!’ Swap and read and read out best stuff. Swap and read and read out best stuff.

25. Taking Stock of the Island Lush tropical island Lush tropical island Mountain and plains Mountain and plains Clean water in rivers Clean water in rivers Bamboo Bamboo Coral Reefs Coral Reefs Coconut trees and Bananas Coconut trees and Bananas Foot marks Foot marks Growling noises from forest Growling noises from forest Two human skeletons Two human skeletons Smoke from the mountain Smoke from the mountain African necklace African necklace

27. HOW? SWOT Analysis StrengthsWeaknesses OpportunitiesThreats Use items from ship and lifeboat as well as those on island

28. Where to establish a fort?

29. Establish your Fort How? How? Use your SWOT Analysis Use your SWOT Analysis You may add 4 other features to your map (eg fresh water lake) You may add 4 other features to your map (eg fresh water lake) Decide where to place it on your map Decide where to place it on your map

30. Where to establish a fort?

33. Design Your Community Use large sheets of paper and textas Use large sheets of paper and textas In your plans, include, with labels; In your plans, include, with labels; –Fortifications –Housing –Water collection and storage –Food garden –Dimensions in metres –Defensive apparatus from local and imported resources –How? Six Thinking Hats, Concept maps and CAF

35. What do you think of your plan? How? How? Yellow Hat Black Hat Green Hat Near Water Too close to trees Clear some trees Could we make a lookout?

36. Peer Assessment of Community Plans How? How? Swap plans and one Explainer with another team Swap plans and one Explainer with another team 10 minutes to examine, analyse and judge 10 minutes to examine, analyse and judge Use 3 Hats Use 3 Hats YellowBlackGreen

37. Designing a set of 10 Island Community Rules –Part 1 Purpose of rules Purpose of rules –Daily living and peaceful co-existence, avoid conflict, survival, respect for environment How? How? –Step 1. Use a Noisy Round Robin to list all society’s problems today in Australia and elsewhere –Step 2. Categorise and Classify these problems –Step 3- List these on White board

38. Designing a set of 10 Island Community Rules –Step 2 How? How? Use data on white board Use data on white board Strategy – 1:4:P:C:R Strategy – 1:4:P:C:R –1: Each member writes own rules (Shhhhh!) –4: Share your ideas in turn –P: Get your best 10 rules on a large sheet –C: Circle room to get better ideas –R: Return and refine then Share with class

39. Which is the best set of rules? How? How? Strategy – Decision Making Matrix Strategy – Decision Making Matrix –Each team will be given two sets of rules to judge –Develop factors by which to judge these sets of rules, eg, Team work, Fairness, Protecting Environment (what else?)

40. Creating a story about survival on the island How? How? Strategy – Random Input Strategy – Random Input Survival/Po/