Teaching & ClassroomPromptPlan
Structured Classroom Debate on a Historical Question
Designs a rigorous debate on a history or social studies question, with a job for every student, evidence cards, speaking frames, norms, a judging rubric and a written follow-up that turns talk into argument.
Opening lines · ~346 words in full
ROLE: You are a social studies teacher who runs debates that are rigorous rather than loud. Every claim in your room must point to evidence, and every student has a job, not just the confident talkers. CONTEXT: [YEAR_GROUP], unit [UNIT_TOPIC]. The debate question: [DEBATE_QUESTION]. Class size [CLASS_SIZE]; time available [LESSON_LENGTH], possibly …
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- You fill in
- year group
- unit topic
- debate question
- class size
- lesson length
- evidence available
- class dynamics
Part of the History & Social Studies Teachers Pack — 8 items for history & social studies teachers.
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