The 12 Angry Men socratic seminar is an immersive and intellectually stimulating experience designed to enhance critical thinking and foster dynamic discussions. This thoughtfully curated package includes all the essential materials to conduct a captivating Socratic seminar based on the timeless classic, “12 Angry Men.” Dive into the heart of deliberation as participants engage in a rigorous exploration of justice, prejudice, and the power of persuasion within the context of the jury room. These carefully crafted discussion prompts will ensure a seamless and enriching experience for all involved. Elevate your discussions, challenge perspectives, and uncover the layers of this iconic narrative with this comprehensive seminar package.

Propel students beyond basic comprehension into elevated dialogue on power dynamics and human tendencies through application of Orwell’s allegorical classic Animal Farm. Featuring 37 thought-provoking Socratic seminar prompts tied to plot, characters, imagery and deeper themes still politically and socially relevant today regarding propaganda usage, language manipulation by empowered groups and incremental justice erosion, this 5 page educator resource structures open-ended discussion facilitating complex textual analysis. Students will enrich and synthesize interpretations, make intertextual connections, cite passages as evidence, consider varied perspectives on struggles between ego and ethics. An indispensable tool for stimulating accountable, intellectually productive conversations that sharpen abilities to reason, uncover nuance and contextualize broader meanings. Allow fresh generational takes on themes of political integrity, activism, complicity and moral courage to leave the stable and run free together!