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.

Students will develop a theme or a piece that, in their opinion, reflects the personality/character of their role model,

Objective: Students will have the opportunity of crafting their own musical representation of someone who has greatly influenced their life.

Activity: Using Finale or Finale Notepad, students will develop a theme or a piece (that is a minimum of eight bars long) that, in their opinion, reflects the personality/character of their role model, or represents a situation/memory that is closely associated with their role model, as previously reflected by adjectives in Step1.

Assessment: Students will develop various music products using varying instruments to depict a specific person. Are the students using all of their tools (relevant instruments, key, etc.)?