I find that the students work better when they areable to select ones they are interested in. I cannot controltheir reliability or the completeness of their information. Encourage them for what information theyhave learned rather than be a stickler for exactly the informationsought. An extensionactivity may be desirable forgifted students. Students could be asked to research other aspects ofculture and to provide classroom presentations on such topics ascooking, dance, or music.
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Students could be asked to researchother issues including legal action, environmental impacts, health,aging, gambling, etc. Students could prepare additional researchpapers or provide classroom presentations on these topics. I have included a couple of writing hintson how to organize a piece of informative writing. You may want tosupplement this with additional models or suggestions. It is hopedthat the students will use these models in the later writingassignments in this unit.