This report presents promising curricular practices for use with special populations of gifted students, such as students who are economically disadvantaged, have handicapping conditions, live in rural areas, or belong to a minority group. The report first presents a transition curriculum which enriches and extends the regular curriculum for fourth grade children and is designed to increase teachers' awareness of nontraditional gifted students' potential. Sample transition curriculum units are provided on the topics of Indians in Indiana, Earth Day, and the pioneers of Indiana. In the next section, the video portfolio is presented as a way of recording such events as student interviews and student documentaries of home and family. This section discusses camcorder techniques, interview techniques, and documentary directions. The next section describes a learning activity called the Artifact Box Exchange Network, which is a project that involves students in collecting, tagging, and referencing a set of artifacts that are representative of their locale; exchanging artifacts with students in a distant, unknown locale; and studying the contents to identify the locale. The report briefly describes use of computer bulletin boards and an interdisciplinary unit of study on water. Copies of overheads and handouts conclude the report. (JDD)