Learning Highway

Wake up the memories of your gifted and talented students and use them to create an autobiographical life map. This life map will help your students visualize their life journey (past, present, and future) and teach them the power of autobiographical thinking and metaphorical representation. Students will begin by viewing a PowerPoint (included) on this type of thinking. The PowerPoint will guide them through the steps of brainstorming, metaphorical representation and symbolism of their lives,

Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o

Every student is unique. They look differently and have individual personalities. They also have a preferred style of learning and expressing their learning. Additional they have intelligence strengths and weaknesses. All these differences need to be respected, embraced, and accommodated in the classroom. In this concept based unit for gifted learners, students will develop a learning profile for their teachers in the form of a brochure to be used as a tool in differentiation for their indi