- Implement classroom discussion procedures you might find in a Social Studies classroom, such as wait time, asking for justification, rebuttals, etc.
- Model good discussion questions in class to teach students how to contribute to class discussions and move them forward.
- Invite students during class discussions to contribute their own questions by providing them with starter questions.
- Some example sentence starters for questions:
- How does X relate to Y?
- Who might have a different opinion about X? What would their opinion be?
- Ask students to agree or disagree with arguments made by their peers to motivate them to listen to each other and engage in critical thinking.