Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Song Reaction

Objective: To integrate the personal reflections with artistic expressions of the 1960's and 1860's.

Activity: 1) Play 1960's pro-war music (Barry Sadler, "Ballad of the Green Beret"; Merle Haggard, "Okie from Muskoqee"). Anti-war (Country Joe and the Fish "We're All Going to Die Rag"; Barry Maquire, "Eve of Destruction". 2) Play "Dixie" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Assessment: Students discuss their "reaction" to these musical examples.