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- 6th - 8th
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Students participate in a Socratic seminar to discuss and defend the importance of participating in representative government. They take a position on the importance of participating in government, and articulate views on participating in government. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a Socratic Seminar and explore Western Migration. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students read and discuss Socrates's "Crito" and examine the arguments he made supporting his own death penalty. They consider the still-relevant debate between the rights of the individual and the rule of law. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students participate in a direct instruction phonics lesson about initial, medial, and final letter position. They work in a guided practice session focusing on keywords in the current section of Socrates that they are reading before summarizing the paragraph using the keywords. Finally, they begin memorizing the poem "Fog" using strategies which they discuss as a class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze Crito. They read the dialogue and analyze its arguments in a class discussion. They consider whether this Socratic argument still holds true today by finding examples in contemporary American society to demonstrate their point of view. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare and discuss short-term and longer-term global temperature data. They evaluate data from three sets of graphs and then participate in a structured whole class Socratic discussion on the possible causes of climate change. Full Review »
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- 12th - Higher Ed
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Students identify and define the main components of the hydrosphere and the ways in which they interact with one another. They explore how changes in Earth's surface materials affect components of the hydrosphere and evaluate the effect of land-use change (from human activities) on Earth surface processes. Full Review »
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- 12th - Higher Ed
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Students develop a sense of geologic ("deep") time and the ways in which Earth scientists construct the geologic time scale. They study he major events that shaped Earth, including the origin and evolution of its lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students comprehend the definition and uniqueness of life and its complexities. They examine what characteristics constitute a living organism. Students recognize the extent of the role viruses play in the movement and molding of life as we perceive it today. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discover the term Socratic Seminars and its meaning. They split into two groups with Group A sitting in an inner circle and Group B sitting in an outer circle. Each person in Group B is assigned to a person in Group A with Group B students sitting across from their partners in Group A in order to keep track of their partners' comments and responses. Full Review »