1. Island Survival Eric Frangenheim 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 Teams of 4 students 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 1939-45 Allied Side Allied Side UK, Commonwealth countries (Cricket, Rugby Union), France, USA, USSR UK, Commonwealth countries (Cricket, Rugby Union), France, USA, USSR Axis Side Axis Side Germany, Italy and Japan Germany, Italy and Japan

6. Evacuation

7. From Venezuela to Florida Danger Below

8. Torpedo !!!!

9. Abandon Ship The facts The facts 24 x 13 year olds 24 x 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

10. How? Silent Round Robin Strategy Silent Round Robin Strategy Teams of 5 Teams of 5 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

11. Choosing your valuable item HOW? HOW? Teams of 4-5, but discuss and decide in pairs Teams of 4-5, but discuss and decide in pairs Strategy- Tournament Prioritiser Strategy- Tournament Prioritiser

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

13. ‘Abandon Ship’ to ‘The Landing’ Abandon Ship Abandon Ship Sea Trip in the Lifeboats Sea Trip in the Lifeboats Land!!! Land!!!

14. Exciting Writing HOW? HOW? Use the materials from your Y chart Use the materials from your Y chart 3 paragraphs 3 paragraphs

15. 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 Necklace Necklace

16. HOW? SWOT Analysis StrengthsWeaknesses OpportunitiesThreats

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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?

20. 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

21. Designing a set of 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 Whiteboard

22. Designing a set of 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

23. 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, Teamwork, Fairness, Protecting Environment (what else?)

24. Creating a story about survival on the island How? How? Strategy – Random Input Strategy – Random Input