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A Deliberative Classroom Pedagogy Based on Ethics Bowl

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Choose a text prompt.

Choose a text prompt that your classroom will already be engaging with. This can be a short story, novel, play, news article, or discussion of any relevant subject matter.

Choose a case to integrate.

Use the NHSEB Case Library to find a relevant case which broaches the issue or a closely related one. NHSEB Cases are searchable by topic and keyword.

Choose a toolkit concept.

Select from or propose any number of moral and political concepts which will help to focus and structure your discussion. See our sample integrations below for examples.

Sample Text Integrations for 9-12 Coursework

1984

George Orwell

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda

Becky Albertalli

The Lottery

Shirley Jackson

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Thematic Case Sets for Class Discussions

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Deliberative Classroom Activities

Deliberative pedagogies call for a rethinking and restructuring of the activities of teaching and learning. In calling on each person to engage with others in democratic, inclusive, and respectfully discursive practices, these methods help students better understand differing perspectives and the complexity of persistent problems that spring from ethical dilemmas. These recommended activities bring the deliberative pedagogy that lies at the heart of the National High School Ethics Bowl to the 9-12 classroom.

Small Group Deliberations

These activities provide students with structured tasks designed to help them think through the central moral dimensions of cases collaboratively.

STRATEGY GUIDE
In-Class Ethics Bowl

An In-Class Ethics Bowl can be a helpful way to get students thinking about tough issues with a structured form of friendly competition.

ACTIVITY FORMAT
Ethics Memo

The Ethics Memo develops deliberative and persuasive writing by having students frame a problem, propose a solution, and defend their reasoning.

WRITING ASSIGNMENT