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.

Middle Ages illustrations and excerpts; students mindmap Middle Ages society.

Objective: To integrate vassal/serf experience with a feeling for daily life in the Middle Ages.

Activity: Teacher uses illustrations from A Medieval Feast by Aliki and excerpts from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle to introduce the basic organization of medieval society. In small groups students create a mindmap to reflect the basic organization of medieval society and how various lifestyles emerged. Teacher combines mindmaps from each group into one large composite for the whole class.

Assessment: Level of involvement during reading and quality of mindmaps.