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Socratic Seminar (Orienting to the Case (Introduce Essential Questions,…
Socratic Seminar
Orienting to the Case
Introduce Essential Questions
Students offer prior knowledge on topic
Present case materials
Generate summary statements of information learned
Refining & Qualifying Positions
Collecting Evidence
Presenting Evidence
Identifying the Issues
Students identify issues central to topic
Students generate questions to be discussed in seminar portion of the lesson
Use summary statements of evidence gathered from sources
Taking a Position
Having the students take a position will help facilitate discussion.
The students will respond to essential questions which will give them talking points
Testing assumptions behind qualified position
Teacher stops flow of the seminar to have students consider their assumptions
Teacher poses questions that probe their assumptions
Explaining Patterns of Argumentation
Engage students in a conversation to examine the patterns of argumentation that have taken place throughout the first part of the discussion.
Learning Objective
Skill Focus
Subject Matter Focus
Backing in the Standards