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.

1. Making inferences about charts. 2. Write a two-page essay on one of the inferences.

Objective: To encourage students to make inferences about themselves and others in their families.

Activity: Students share individual charts with group members, noting similarities and differences. Students are asked to speculate on whether differences in group are based on varying likes or dislikes or real differences in values systems. Students then make a few inferences based on the information listed on their own charts and the charts of their families. Students write a 2-page essay on one of those inferences for homework.

Assessment: Degree of participation, strength of writing.