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.
In pairs, students write and illustrate a children's book geared to primary grades.
Objective: To apply characteristics of a classic.
Activity: Students work in pairs and write and illustrate a book designed for primary-aged children in grades 1-3. The story must contain the elements which comprise a "classic."
