6.09 Honors Edition: "The Yellow Wallpaper"

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A good reporter knows where to find reliable information on their topic.

• Start by visiting the Charlotte Gilman Perkins Society. Once you are there, read Charlotte Perkins Gilman's biographical information.

• Look for other information on the author and her story in other published sources.

• Open and answer the questions on the Background Check page.

Research has consistently shown we learn best when we teach someone else the information. In this portion of the lesson, you will design a test for "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

• First, investigate the story by visiting Scribbling Women to listen to it and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" to read the story with special notes within the story to explain the background and time period.

• Next, read this article on Bloom's taxonomy by visiting Bloom et al.'s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain.

• Follow the requirements below to create your test:

  • create two knowledge level questions

  • create two comprehension level questions

  • create two application level questions

  • create two analysis level questions

  • create one synthesis level question

  • create one evaluation level question

  • provide the answer key for all of your questions

• Review the test rubric to see how you will be graded.

You may create short answer, essay, multiple choice, fill in the blank, or true/false questions. Be aware that some types of test questions will be better suited to the higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy, while some are better for the lower levels.

• who Charlotte Perkins Gilman was.
• how "The Yellow Wallpaper" relates to issues of the time in which it was written.
• how the levels of Bloom's taxonomy require different thinking skills.