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.
Read aloud Dick Gregory's "Not Poor, Just Broke."
Objective: To connect changes to causes.
Activity: 1) Read aloud Dick Gregory's "Not Poor, Just Broke." 2) Discuss the changes which Gregory attributes to this incident. 3) Students prepare list of important changes in own lives.
