Following Up
Sharing the experience | Evaluating your classroom dialogue
Sharing the experience
Parts IV and V of the Dialogue on Freedom hypotheticals ask students to consider the following questions:
- If you could leave three books and three movies with W and M that best capture what America means to you, what would they be?
- If you were making a timeline called "Great Events in Freedom," what events would you include? How far back would your timeline go?
In advance of your classroom visit, the teacher should ask the students to identify three books and three movies that they believe best express what America means to them. The students should also identify three historic events that they believe have been the most important milestones for freedom.
Drawing from the students' individual lists, ask the classroom to discuss and prepare the following three lists:
List 1: Up to fifteen books that best capture what America means to you.
List 2: Up to fifteen movies that best capture what America means to you.
List 3: Up to fifteen events in history you think have been the most important milestones for freedom.
Ask the class to include brief comments on why they chose the items on the lists. You might want the class to assemble the lists before your visit.
We're interested in hearing about the selections your classroom
made. You can include your classroom's lists as part of your Dialogue
Leader's Report to the ABA (see Evaluating Your Classroom Dialogue
below).
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Evaluating your classroom dialogue
Offer students an opportunity to give you feedback about their dialogue, using the form below. We'd also like to get your thoughts on the "Dialogue on Freedom" project, and hope you'll have an opportunity to complete a Dialogue Leader's Report to the ABA. Please note that the following files are .pdfs; you will need Adobe's free Acrobat Reader in order to view them.
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the American Bar Association, and accordingly, should not be construed
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