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 children create a picture book

Objective: To help the children visualize their grandparents’ young lives.

Activity: Have the children create a picture book of their grandparents’ or elderly relative’s young life and share it with the other children.

Assessment: Accuracy of the data, quality of the pictures and layout.