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 make a collage

Objective: That the children are better able to visualize people giving of themselves.

Activity: Have the children make a collage that could include their own drawings or even photographs of people giving of themselves. Have them talk about their picture choices in their small groups. Then post the collages in a gallery entitled “The Best Gifts”.

Assessment:The level of understanding the children show through their pictures.