- Teaching Civics - https://teachingcivics.org -

Deliberating in a Democracy Ethanol

Posted By Jennifer Bloom On March 2, 2011 @ 3:26 am In | Comments Disabled

by Jennifer Bloom, Claudia Parliament, Alan Withers, and Filiz Yargici

Engage students in a Structured Academic Controversy (SAC) in this lesson that focuses on developing deliberation skills using the issue of ethanol (a critical question for Minnesota, the nation and world).

This lesson from the Deliberating in a Democracy Minnesota project teaches deliberation skills so that conflicting views can be heard, understood, and valued. The lesson includes a student reading for increasing understanding of the issue.

Objectives

  • Students will learn the process of deliberation
  • Students will increase understanding of the multiple perspectives of the use of ethanol
  • Students will practice skills for democracy

Materials needed

Procedure

See Deliberating in a Democracy Steps and Steps Video

 

 

Article printed from Teaching Civics: https://teachingcivics.org

URL to article: https://teachingcivics.org/lesson/deliberating-in-a-democracy-ethanol/

URLs in this post:

[1] Deliberating in a Democracy Ethanol: http://teachingcivics.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Deliberating-in-a-Democracy-Ethanol.doc

[2] Deliberating in a Democracy Steps: https://teachingcivics.org../wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Deliberating-in-a-Democracy-Steps.pdf

[3] Deliberating in a Democracy Steps Video: http://did.deliberating.org/lessons/proceduresvideo.html

[4] Making Civics Real: SAC on Racial Profiling with MN teacher JoEllen Ambrose: https://www.learner.org/series/making-civics-real/controversial-public-policy-issues/workshop-session/

Copyright © 2011 Teaching Civics. All rights reserved.