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.

Display projects under the banner, "Extraordinary Thoughts from Ordinary People."

Objective: To celebrate: the changing perspectives of the characters in both novel and film, and our own awareness of the possibility for change in perspective in our own future situations.

Activity: Display of original work under the overall heading "Extraordinary Thoughts from Ordinary People."

Assessment: Quality of individual and group display as well as the ability to articulate how the messages in the novel and film can be integrated in our own lives and the lives of others.