Community Experience
🏛️ Symposium Roundtable Defense
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Content Expertise
Effective Communication
Collaboration
Self Directed Learning
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1
Submission Required
Grading Required
Students participate in a formal in-class symposium roundtable, presenting their position and defending it before peers and invited adults from outside the classroom such as other teachers, librarians, or administrators. Audience members use a question protocol focused on evidence, source bias, and historical comparison, and students respond in discussion rather than a memorized speech.
Plan day
Day 53
Duration
50 min
Grouping
Whole Class
Steps
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