Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Discuss what happened.

Objective: To have students reflect together on the experience. To develop listening skills, group discussion techniques, opinion giving and empathy for our ancestors. To understand the teacher's beliefs in the importance of studying American literature and history as well as the connections between the two as a force in increasing self-awareness.

Activity: Discussion of "trips." Rules: Only one person can speak at a time. All opinions are acceptable if speaker gives reasons. Thinking out loud is acceptable. Personal statements must be written on the experience.

Assessment: Students make lists of insights gained from the experience and rank them in priority order and explain why. Grade for quality of personal statements.