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Socratic Seminar

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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Socratic Seminar

Empowering Student Voices For Social Change By Georgia Davis

Purpose: Engage student voices

a platform to challenge culture AND CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE

What is a Socratic Seminar?

  • Scholarly discussion of an essential question
  • Student opinions are shared, refuted, and refined
  • Purpose is to gain deeper understanding of ideas presented in a text

Socratic Seminars Are Scary!

  • Socratic Seminars are STUDENT centered
  • Students relate experiences to their lives
  • Teachers role is to take a step back 

Empowering Student Voices

  • Students have opinions  
  • Students get passionate and disagree
  • Students will gain a deeper understanding

ESTABLISH NORMS

  • Model and practice accountable talk
  • Give tools for students to disagree respectfully
  • Learn from your mistakes and try again! 

THE "N" WORD

ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY

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Lasting Impact

  • Responses to recent acts of racism in pop culture
  • Evaluating racism through a historical lense  
  • Organic questions about conversations about social issues