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‘11372020 Lesson Plan 2 Preparation for Socratic Seminar 1 Lesson Plan 2: Preparation for Socratic Seminar 1 This lesson will take 1 instructional period, depending on length. Standards Addressed: National History Standards Historical Thinking * Reconstruct the literal meaning of a historical passage Identify the central question(s) the historical narrative addresses Read historical narratives imaginatively Identify the author or source of the historical document or narrative Appreciate historical perspectives Formulate historical questions Obtain historical data from a variety of sources Support interpretations with historical evidence eeee TEKS—8'" Grade Social Studies: * use primary sources to acquire information about the United States TEKS—8"® Grade English Language Arts: «locate the meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries and other sources readers monitor his/her own comprehension and make modifications when understanding breaks down such as by rereading a portion aloud, using reference aids, searching for clues, and asking questions . those ideas are supported with details or organize ideas dante dallas edulsealtahlexemplars/Sands Founding Fathers -Polical thoughLesson plans/Sands_Leston-Ptan-2_ Preparation him demonstrate characteristics of fluent and effective determine a text's main (or major ideas) and how paraphrase and summarize text to recall, inform, 18 ‘11372020 Lesson Plan 2 Preparation for Socratic Seminar 1 * draw inferences such as conclusions or generalizations and support them with text evidence and experience * offer observations, make connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in response to texts Objectives: | Students will be able to: * articulate the purpose and procedures for Socratic seminars. apply skills analyzing primary source documents. generate questions in response to primary source documents. Selected Assessment Tool/ Socratic Seminar Evaluation Form. Technique: Instructional 1. Discuss the “How to Analyze Historical Tasks/ Documents” excerpt as a whole class Procedures: a. Have different students share their responses and questions they came up with from the requirements. b. Tell the students that the type of questions used on the analysis are similar to the “Founders Seminar Guided Questions” on the following PowerPoint. 2. Pass out the “Socratic Seminars Participant Preparations” worksheet a. This is just another sheet to help the students organize their questions and thoughts around the primary sources. This can be required and taken up for a daily grade or can just be offered as an additional resource. 3. Show the “FF Seminar Guided Questions” slide from the FF Socratic Seminar PowerPoint. Have the students write down in their spirals (or in dante dallas edulseltahlexemplars/Sands Founding Fathers -Poltical thoughLesson plans/Sands_Leston-Ptan-2_ Preparation him 26 ‘312020 > gv » . Pass out the FF ‘Lesson Plan 2- Preparation for Socratic Seminar 1 another location where they can easily refer back to) the three questions from the slide. Discuss what each question is asking of the students and how these questions are to be used when reading the packets. ‘These are general questions that will help the students generate reactions as they read. the packets. It is probably best for the first Seminar to have the students answer these questions (to help them get accustomed to the active reading process require for The Socratic Seminar). Show the FF Seminar #1 Guided Promy from the FF Socratic Seminar PowerPoint. Read through the prompt and have the students copy the quote down in their spirals, etc. a. The purpose of this prompt is to serve as the main idea for the Founders Packet #1. e students need to be able to use the biographies and documents from FF Packet #1 to generate opinions/comments/questions relating to the guided prompt. This will be the starting point for discussions during the Socratic Seminar. ket #1 to each student and provide an overview of the Founders profiled in the packet (see Curriculum Context for overview). a. The students will then have 1 week to read the packets, take notes, make observations, ask questions, ete. in order to be prepared for Socratic Seminar #1. Introduce the Socratic Seminar Evaluation Form. Explain how each person will evaluate the other members of their Seminar group by completing the evaluation after each Seminar. a. The Evaluation Form is a good way to get a daily grade for the participation during and

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