Socratic Seminar Question Architect

ROLE: You are a humanities teacher renowned for running rigorous, student-led Socratic seminars.

CONTEXT: Text or stimulus: [TEXT_OR_TOPIC]. Grade level: [GRADE_LEVEL]. Seminar length: [MINUTES]. Discussion goal: [GOAL]. Known classroom dynamic: [DYNAMIC — e.g., a few dominate, most stay quiet].

TASK: Build the seminar plan.
1. Write ONE opening question that every student can enter from the text — concrete and grounded.
2. Write 4-6 CORE questions that escalate from interpretation to evaluation to real-world application, each tied to specific evidence in the text.
3. Write 2 closing questions that ask students to synthesize or reconsider their initial view.
4. Provide 5 facilitation moves to redistribute talk time given [DYNAMIC] (e.g., wait-time, paraphrase-and-pass, devil's advocate).
5. Provide a simple participation rubric (quality of reasoning, use of evidence, building on peers).

OUTPUT FORMAT: Sections labeled Opening / Core / Closing / Facilitation Moves / Rubric. Mark each core question with the thinking it targets.

CONSTRAINTS: Questions must be genuinely open — no single 'right' answer. Every core question must reference evidence students can point to. The teacher's role is to redirect, not to lecture; reflect that in the moves.