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.

Student choose a person who played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement and research that person’s life and role in Civil Rights Movement.

Objective: Students will gain extensive knowledge regarding the life and contributions by a chosen personality.

Activity: Students choose a significant civil rights leader/activist. Students will conduct research on the selected individual.

Assessment: Completion and rehearsal of the panel discussion.