Structured Academic Controversy:

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Structured Academic Controversy

• Does Andrew Jackson deserve to be on the 20
  dollar bill?

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CONTROVERSY!

• YES Andrew Jackson deserves to be on the 20
  dollar bill.
• NO Andrew Jackson does not deserve to be on the
  20 dollar bill.

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Basic Steps

1. Preparation - reading documents
2. Position Presentation
3. Consensus Building reaching a conclusive answer
   as a group

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Rules of A Successful Academic Controversy

• Active listening
• Challenge ideas, not persons
• Try your best to understand other position
• Share the floor each person in pair MUST have an
  opportunity to speak
• No disagreeing until consensus-building

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Lets Get Started

• Form into groups of four by finding those with
  the same number as you.
• Once seated in your group, sit next to your same
  sandwich condiment. (peanut butter sits
  together)
• Peanut butter is assigned the YES position
• Jelly is assigned the NO position
• In your pair examine the documents and find those
  that support your position. Record on your
  capture sheet.
• 15 minutes

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Present to Your Counterparts

• Position Presentation
• a. Peanut butter presents their position using
  supporting evidence from the texts.
• Jelly restates peanut butters position to peanut
  butters satisfaction.
• 5 Minutes and then switch
• c. Jelly presents their position using supporting
  evidence from the texts.
• d. Peanut butter restates jellys position to
  jellys satisfaction.
• 5 minutes

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Build Consenus

• Peanut butter and jelly put aside their
  differences.
• 1. Discuss the ideas that have been presented.
  Where does your group agree? Where does your
  group disagree?
• 15 minutes

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Summarizer

• What conclusions did your group come to?
• Homework Write a DBQ on this question.