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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
