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.

The Depression: Music and History

Objective: To integrate the previous experience and reflections into the concept of economic, social, and political upheaval.

Activity: Using a guided imagery approach while reading from original newspaper and magazine accounts, the teacher engages students in imagining the reality of real people in Depression (newspapers, magazines, films, poetry). Students listen to the song, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" and view film clips which show the devastation to individual and family life. Have students refer back to their thoughts from the previous “family” scenario.

Assessment: How do their "guesses" of life compare to the accounts given.