Establish a classroom atmosphere that celebrates the sharing of learning. Have opportunity for students to practice new learnings. Make student learning available to the larger community, i.e. books students write are shared with other classes, students report in school paper, student work is displayed at school, etc.

Performance with Kinesthetic Placements

Objective: Students will share their learning.
Activity: Class sits around large floor map of the U.S. Each student presents report and secondary project, moving from state to state as the report directs. Questions, answers, explanations, and positive feedback are then accepted. (Six or seven reports per day until completed.) Students answer the Essential Question, “What is the region I am most interested in in the U.S. and what are its characteristics?”
Evaluation: Quality of presentation and response to presentation.