Focus Question

Focus Area: Indian Partition (1947)

Who? What? When? Where? Describe,

Explain, Outline, List, Name, Identify,
Explain,

Break down your topic by listing all your SIMPLE questions here.
Come up with as many questions as you can.
This will also help you plan your research.

What was the Indian Partition (who, what, when, where, why, how)?

What specific catalysts led to the Partition? What were the influences
that together led to the Partition of India?

Who were the main personalities that influenced the Partition?

What was colonial India like before the Partition, politically,

economically, socially, geographically etc?

Was the Partition of India a peaceful transformation or rather violent

and unwelcome?

What was Ghandis influence on the Indian Partition? Was he for or

against the movement? To what extent did his influence impact the
end result of the Partition?

Why was their such a high demand for independent nations such as
Pakistan and India and was this notion liked by all?

Who were the Indian National Congress and what was their impact
and influence throughout India during the time of 1885 and 1947?

Focus Question
Investigate, Analyse, Evaluate, Assess, Discuss,
Judge, Defend, Clarify, Distinguish, Predict,
Interpret, Hypothesise, Recommend, Justify,
Construct, Design,

Now you are ready to write ONE COMPLEX question

Use Blooms taxonomy to develop a higher order
Question.

Account for the establishment of the independent state

of Pakistan.

Blooms Revised Taxonomy

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Note that in Blooms revised taxonomy, the terms have been altered
and reorganised. The original terms are still regularly used, as in the
table below. The synthesis terms are generally applicable to
creating.Blooms Taxonomy and the Glossary of terms
Level of Thinking
Knowledge
The remembering of factual
information.

Comprehension
The ability to show an understanding
of information.

Application
The ability to use previously learned
material in new situations.

Analysis
The ability to explore understandings
and relationships between
component parts of information.

Synthesis
The ability to put ideas together to
form
a new product

Evaluation
The ability to judge the value of
material or ideas for a set purpose.

Glossary Terms
access, recognise, describe,
extract, follow, gather, identify,
record, select, specify

account, clarify, compare,

discuss,
explain, distinguish, predict,
qualitatively account for, trace
apply, classify, demonstrate,
examine, implement, present,
actively participate in a practical
investigation, use
analyse , associate, investigate,
qualitatively analyse, research,
structure

collate, construct, design,

modify, plan, propose,
summarise

assess, discuss, draw

(conclusions), evaluate, justify,
negotiate, produce some,
recommend, respect

NSW Department of Education and Training, 2006