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From the education reference

Socratic method: Teaching method, developed from Plato's Socratic Dialogues, characterized by a student-centered approach that challenges learners to develop their critical thinking skills and engage in analytic discussion.
scientific method: Research method using experiments and physical evidence to answer questions about the natural world.

Socratic method: This article explains the history and theory of the Socratic method of teaching, which emphasizes teacher-student dialogue. The article offers suggestions for creating Socratic circles and Socratic seminars and provides resources for further reading.; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Home is where the hearth is: Using photographs to discuss traditional family roles: In this lesson students will examine pictures of hearths (fireplaces), which used to be the cornerstone of the home and family life. These images, from the Built Heritage Collection at North Carolina State University, will help students use observation skills and inference to draw conclusions about the culture of family life at various points throughout the history of North Carolina and the United States.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Loretta Wilson.

Black American Leaders as Responsible Citizens: Their Roles, Their Contributions, Their Diversity: The focus of this lesson will be to help third grade students to clearly identify the need for having leaders arise from the citizenry of a given community. Students will review factual information to guide them in distinguishing the positive and negative qualities of leaders. Techniques will include guided reading of factual historical text during a Jigsaw, student note taking, student development of open-ended questions, and student engagement in a Socratic seminar.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies); By Debbie Rollins.

Alternative discussion formats: In Alternative discussion formats, page 1; Formal debates and question-and-answer discussions are great, but these alternative discussion formats will liven up your classroom and get students really thinking.; By Kathryn Walbert.

Differences across the curriculum: Part 1: Part of a set of lessons offering an integrated approach to exploring diversity with eighth graders, this lesson serves as a pre-reading activity for the drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Students will learn how diversity creates bias which leads to conflict, where students confront their bias and practice tolerance.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Lynn Carter.