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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Identify the author or source of the historical
document or narrative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
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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
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demonstrate characteristics of fluent and effective
determine a text's main (or major ideas) and how
paraphrase and summarize text to recall, inform,
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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
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. 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