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.
Pictures of children's needs and wants
Objective: Children will make images of wants and urgent wants.
Activity: Students draw pictures of things they think children want and things children have to have in order to survive.
Assessment: Quality of student pictures and discussion.