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.

Hold forum on Antebellum Slavery.

Objective: To share and celebrate learnings.

Activity: 1) Hold a public forum on slavery in the antebellum era featuring student projects for invited guests. 2) Make a videotape of the forum to be included in the school library. 3) Re-play and enjoy the video. 4) The teacher and students affirm and celebrate their learnings in the unit by summarizing new insights about slavery on "post-it" notes. The notes are then posted on the sheet of newsprint entitled, "What we learned about slavery and Antebellum Society" as students leave the classroom.

Assessment: Quality of student presentations and degree of student engagement in the forum; variety and quality of learning reflected in the "post-it" notes. These notes provide an excellent source of ideas for the next 4MAT cycle focusing on the American Civil War and the emancipation of slaves.