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Named after the philosopher Socrates, the Socratic Seminar is a structured dialogue between students about a complex text. When facilitated with fidelity, the Socratic Seminar leads students to exactly the kind of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking that is required of them in college and life.
Here are seven additional benefits of the Socratic Seminar:
1. Socratic Seminars enhance critical thinking.
2. Socratic Seminars improve speaking and listening skills.
3. Socratic Seminars increase student engagement.
4. Socratic Seminars enhance reading comprehension
6. Socratic Seminars encourage diverse perspectives and cultivate empathy.
7. Socratic Seminars build confidence and hone communication skills.
I truly believe the Socratic Seminar is the secret sauce to developing young minds that think critically. As such, I have created the following Socratic Seminar packets on some of my favorite texts:
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
"I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
"Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Each Socratic Seminar ready-to-go bundle incorporates everything you need, including the complete texts, text-dependent seminar questions, student guidelines, Socratic Seminar Tips and Tricks, annotation symbols guide, note-taking/talking points guide, reflective writing questions, and student rubric.
So try a Socratic Seminar. You and your students will love it!
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