7. When studying about the different peoples of the world,
 ask the students to look for similarities and differ-
 ences between different nationalities, races, govern-
 ments, etc.

 8. When reading about forms of transportation, assign
 students to classify the transportation forms accord-
 ing to speed, cost, convenience, packaging, etc.

 9. After studying the Constitution, ask such questions as,
 "Why is the Constitution so unhappy?" or, "If the
 Bill of Rights could speak, what would it say to us?"

 10. Help the students develop their own current events
 newspaper.

 11. Assign students to select stories from a period in
 history and write them up as newspaper stories.

 12. Have the students classify the news stories according
 to topics, importance, etc.

 13. Gather travel folders from travel agencies and help
 students plan an ideal two-week trip.

 14. Provide road maps. Allow the students to plan ways
 of going from one city to another. They should weigh
 the various factors involved in the selection of the
 route.

 15. Have the students collect metaphors most often used in
 geography, history and government.

 16. Encourage groups of students to map the neighborhood or
 city.

 17. Assign a group to the task of creating a pronouncing
 glossary of social studies terms.

Mathematics

 1. Teach the students to seek an overview of the problem
 and to write this overview in their own words.

 2. Have the students arrange the facts of a problem in
 the proper relationships, and re-read the problem to
 see if the organization of the facts makes sense.

 3. Have the students practice the following steps in
 reading problems: (1) Listing what the problems ask for.


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