Socratic Seminar Pre-Questions

A Socratic Seminar is a discursive format in which students learn through asking questions and exploring each other's views while developing their own individual point of view.

What the classroom looks like during the Socratic Seminar:

Students face each other in a circle. The teacher sits outside the circle and does not participate.

INNER CIRCLE STUDENTS MUST DO THE FOLLOWING:

1. Ask a question

2. Respond to at least one peer question

OUTER CIRCLE STUDENTS MUST: 

1. Complete the peer feedback form.

2. Demonstrate IB learner profiles  

Hamilton v. Jefferson

This video in an introduction to the topic of political ideology. Watch it once or many times. 

8th Grade Students:

You will be exploring the following questions...

1. What were the first political parties?
2. How did they originate?
3. What did they stand for?
4. How did they evolve?

Whole Class discussion: Application to real life....💪 

The majority of Americans define their political beliefs around the views of their parents.

Do you agree or disagree?

Exit Ticket: https://goo.gl/forms/kSsTXFLUe2NBbehU2