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.

Give students a choice of one of the following projects

Objective: Extend knowledge of hieroglyphics to a personal project.

Activity: Give students a choice of one of the following projects:
1)Write a story or poem about something or someone they treasure using hieroglyphics
2)Research the history of hieroglyphics and present a report (oral or written)
3)Develop their own treasure hunt using hieroglyphics.
4)Create an ABC book of hieroglyphics with illustrations.

Assessment: I divided the work into 2 rubrics. The first is for the final project in regards to content of the project. The second rubric reflects the students’ progress through the course of preparing the final project. Both need to be presented to students at the onset and questions answered so students will be clear on what they should do to earn each specific grade. The second rubric could be used by group members to evaluate each other and self-evaluate.