Thursday, November 13 th , 2014

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Turn in King, Jr. Discussion Questions
O Review Unit 3 Rubric
Sub notes
Class grade?
Real life application of the relationship of the individual (student) to the community (class)?

individual
individual individual individual individual individual individual
Unit 3 Guiding Question: What is the relationship of the individual to the community?
• Simple relationship  complex relationship
• Connect to unit texts
• Connect to personal experience/life
• Why is this question important?
• Where do we learn this information? (TUG)

O Fishbowl format (see next slide) – internal discussion circle + external observer circle)
O Create questions to use during the seminar to foster and participate in discussion

Inner circle
Outer circle:
Observers
Discussers

World Connection Question
O Write a question connecting the text to the real world
Example: After reading Carnegie’s “Wealth” and
Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics,” would you give money to a homeless person in Seattle?

Open-Ended Question
O What does it mean? You can find the answer in the text, but it requires justification.
O WHY or HOW questions
Example: How does Standing Bear approach his various audiences, and why is this important?

Universal
O why does it matter? BIG questions dealing with themes of the text with no one answer.
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Why do humans communicate?
Why do humans form communities?
Which matters more, the individual or the community?

O Create questions for tomorrow’s Socratic
Seminar
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3 world connection questions
3 open-ended questions
O 3 universal theme questions
O King, Jr. précis due Fri. 11/14 (3 parts)