OK. I think this thread has served its purpose, at least for me. It
looks like the key may be centered on "coordination."

Might I suggest to active instructors that you try my exercise and
report back: coordinated turn to a heading that establishes ground
track as you would at altitude, the entry and recovery from a slip to
demonstrate gear alignment and return to wings level coordinated
flight. You might preface this with a forward slip demonstration in
light winds and comment on the misalignment of the gear with the runway
and the need to align before touch down. When might this misalignment
be useful? Let the student mull that over... then start talking about
crosswind navigation and see if he makes the connection.

I'm checking out for the next week. If someone has an epiphany, please
copy me back channel.

Cheers,

Chris O'Callaghan