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Free Technology for Teachers: Socratic Smackdown - A Game for Learning and Practicing D... - 131 views

  • forty students
    • pkrason
       
      I tried mine with a class of 30, and it worked out very well.  I chose to prepare the room in a typical Socratic Seminar fashion with chairs aligned in two concentric circles.  
  • text-based question
    • pkrason
       
      Essential Questions throughout the chapter work well for this purpose.
  • debate a question
    • pkrason
       
      We debated whether or not Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi was a successful leader.  We also built a discussion off of analyzing Medieval and Renaissance artwork.  
    • pkrason
       
      Debate
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    Socratic Smackdown is a fun discussion-based game to encourage students to formulate arguments and argue these points referencing textual evidence.
Josh Flores

Common Core Curriculum Maps | - 215 views

    • Josh Flores
       
      Rote Memorization? Don't they know that's a Lower Order Thinking Skill? 
    • Josh Flores
       
      Writing an original poem could have the same effect. 
  • Moreover, once students have memorized a poem, they are able to carry it with them everywhere. It becomes part of their lives.
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  • Seminar discussions
    • Josh Flores
       
      Substantive Conversation Socratic Seminar Think-Pair-Share
  • research essays
    • Josh Flores
       
      Good use of EasyBib premium account's notebook feature
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