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Working from the Text
10. How are rights also freedoms?
11. Work in a group to complete the graphic organizer from Step 5 to compare
the freedoms defined by Roosevelt and those in the Bill of Rights. What is the common theme between these documents? Compare how this theme is treated in the two texts. Synthesize the comments made by everyone, and use relevant details from each text to support your comparison.
Socratic Seminar
To prepare for the Socratic Seminar, review the readings in this activity and write a response to the following pre-seminar questions. Use details from each text to support your thinking.
Pre-seminar questions:
• Why is freedom so important to Americans?
• Which of the freedoms mentioned in the text is the most important? Explain.
• To what extent are we as individuals responsible to ensure that all Americans have their rights and freedoms?
A successful seminar depends on the participants and their willingness to engage in the conversation. The following are things to keep in mind as you participate in a Socratic Seminar:
• Come prepared with your notes, and use them.
• Talk to the participants and not the teacher or seminar leader. Use appropriate eye contact, and speak clearly and audibly.
• Refer to the texts to support your thinking or to challenge an idea.
• Paraphrase what another student has said to make sure that you understand the point before challenging the opinion.
My Notes
ACTIVITY 1.9
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ACTIVITY 1.9 continued
15 Conduct a brief discussion on the nuances of meaning of these two essential concepts: freedom and rights. You might use this opportunity to discuss how rights and freedoms are of paramount importance to our understanding of our identity as Americans. Finally, have students complete the graphic organizer on page 48 to show that they understand the link between the two texts.
16 Have students prepare for a Socratic Seminar by reviewing the texts in this activity and responding to the pre-seminar questions. This seminar should take about 20–25 minutes.
17 Facilitate the Socratic Seminar with the class, using the texts from this activity. Any of the three pre-seminar questions will work as your initial guiding question. Or begin with your own question that focuses students on the concept of freedom in America.
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ASSESS
Observe and evaluate the points
of comparison between the two documents that students have listed on the graphic organizer and whether they support the students’ theme statements and syntheses.
ADAPT
If students need additional
help comparing and contrasting Roosevelt’s freedoms with those
in the Bill of Rights, remind them they are looking for similarities and differences.
If students are uncomfortable with public speaking, give them time to rehearse what they plan to say.
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