Student-Led Brainstorming on Lessons from Early Man/Current Knowledge of Ancient Egypt

Today the 4th graders took charge of the classroom, creating lists or basic "mind maps" for the following questions;

1. What can we learn from Early Man? (to wrap up Chapter 1)

and

2. What do you know about Ancient Egypt? (to preview Chapter 2)

This brainstorming seemed to be a very effective "transition out" and "transition in" activity.