Students apply their skills and knowledge as related to that theme.
The unit contains 15 days of instruction. The activities for each day introduce content and develop higher-order thinking skills as well as social skills. The classroom teacher has the flexibility to use all the lessons as presented in the unit or select a desired section for instruction. Many of the activities can be developed as learning centers. The Gingerbread Man allows teachers to employ a variety of assessment strategies, such as teacher observation of individual and group participation, evaluation of students' written work and group projects, evaluation of various student performances and student self-evaluation.