Socratic Seminar Questions



Socratic Seminar Questions

American Holocaust

Key Standard: Historical Argumentation

1. How can frequent outbreaks of epidemic disease affect a population’s psyche (use evidence to support your claims)?

2. There were atrocious conditions in pre-1492 Europe, but the New World was a scary unknown place to Europeans. Why do you think Europeans took their chances on traveling to the unknown world (use text evidence to support your claims)?

3. What cultural influences from Europe affected Columbus’ view of the New World (use text evidence to support your claims)?

4. Would you describe Columbus’ treatment of American Indians as “genocide” (use text evidence to support your claims)?

5. Europeans have a long-standing fear of leaderless armies. How might this way of thinking connect to the occurrences in the article (use text evidence to support your claims)?

6. Do you agree with Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel thesis that geography and luck have created an advantage for Europeans? How does the thesis fit with the article (use text and film evidence to support your claims)?

Peer Assessment

|Student Scoring |Student Scoring |

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|Name of Student:_____________________________________________ |Name of Student:___________________________________________ |

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|Score: 4-Advanced knowledge and use of evidence |Score: 4-Advanced knowledge and use of evidence |

|demonstrated |demonstrated |

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|Circle 3-Correct knowledge and use of evidence |Circle 3-Correct knowledge and use of evidence |

|One demonstrated |One demonstrated |

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|2-Some correct knowledge and use of evidence |2-Some correct knowledge and use of evidence |

|demonstrated |demonstrated |

| | |

|1-Minimal correct knowledge and use of evidence |1-Minimal correct knowledge and use of evidence |

|demonstrated |demonstrated |

| | |

|0-No correct information demonstrated |0-No correct information demonstrated |

| | |

|Justify ___________________________________________________________ |Justify __________________________________________________________ |

|Your |Your |

|Score: ___________________________________________________________ |Score: ___________________________________________________________ |

| | |

|____________________________________________________________________ |____________________________________________________________________ |

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