Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture students' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to students and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal student responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of students.

Time Zone activity - students travel through time to Elizabethan times.

Objective: To connect and pique student's interest in Elizabethan Times.

Activity: Students enter a time zone (your room trobe lights if possible). Play sci-fi music if possible 2001. A Space Odyssey or Star Wars theme music as you take students back to Elizabethan times. Music should gradually fade from sci-fi to Elizabethan music as you reveal an Elizabethan setting with members of the Society for Creative Anachronism in full garb with props and weapons. They unfreeze from their position and launch into a sword fight followed by a discussion of life in Elizabethan times allowing time for questions by the students. If members of Society for Creative Anachronism are not available, contact local community theaters, college or high school theater groups for talent or costumes.

Assessment: Questions and discussion are invited and encouraged