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 * Creating an Extensions or Choice Menu:**
 * Create a T-chart
 * In the left column, make a list of the key concepts in the unit
 * In the right column, create a list of broad topics related to the unit or theme but not included in the key concepts
 * Use Bloom's Taxonomy to create extension activities that promote higher levels of thinking and learning
 * For concepts such as Civil War, include foreign civil wars or other wars in America
 * For key concepts like air pollution, include chemical problems
 * For concepts such as the Pythagorean Theorem, include other mathematical theorems, creation of real world problems that could use the theorem, or the design of a teaching tool with a diagram of a proof of the theorem


 * Creating a Curriculum Differentiation Chart:**
 * Make a list of the key concepts in the unit
 * Use Bloom's Taxonomy to add tasks that address learning styles
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For more information on Extensions Menus or Curriculum Differentiation Charts, see the following source: Winebrenner, Susan. (2001). //Teaching gifted kids in the regular classroom//. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.