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.

Have the students interview a grandparent

Objective: To enhance the students’ understanding of their grandparents’ homes (or an elderly friend’s)

Activity: Have the students interview a grandparent or an elderly friend about their childhood homes.
Questions for the Interview:
Tell me about your home, was it near mountains, a river, in a big city, near an ocean?
Who lived in your house with you?
What was your favorite place in your house or near your house? Describe it
Tell me a happy memory you have about something that happened when you were my age.
What do you miss the most about your home? Describe it.

Assessment: Successful interview with interest on the part of the students.