One of the strategies we discussed recently was the Socratic Seminar. This was an interesting model, and could work well in a high school history class. There are plenty of debatable topics in history. This would be a good chance to use this strategy and have the students discuss possible scenarios and outcomes of historical events. A teacher could use it in so many forms, such as taking a historical event and discussing what the outcome would have been if certain variables were changed. This is a good chance for the students to think critically, and learn from each other through the class discussions.
Their are a few negatives to this strategy though. One of the negatives is that students who do not like to speak in class may not participate. Discussions may be a few students who like to speak out going back and forth. The teacher needs to figure out how to make the students comfortable in the setting and figure out a way to get students more involved. The teacher also needs to be aware of the potential for the discussions to get faced paced and jumping all over the place and for certain students to not get a chance to speak.
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