Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where students have to find information not readily available in school texts. Provide opportunity for students to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so students can plan a unique "proof" of learning.

Field trip with emphasis on Jim Crow laws. Begin oral history project.

Objective: Students will examine Jim Crow laws on a more personal basis.

Activity: Class field trip to a Civil Rights Institute. STudents will be asked to pay particular attention to Jim Crow exhibits at facility. Students should also ask parents, grandparents and friends about their experiences with Jim Crow laws before 1965 Information could be part of an oral history project.

Assessment: Student reaction to field trip and information they bring back in.