Abstract
The following lesson plan is an example of adapting the Structured Academic Controversy (SAC) format for engaging students in the deliberation of the multiple perspectives for a current societal issue to instead create a procedure for evaluating a historical event or decision. The sample lesson included here for engaging students in this process is entitled “Historical Inquiry Deliberation: The New Republic” and requires students to deliberate the following question:
Which of the competing visions for America’s future was the best approach for the nation at the early stage of its development in the late 18th century?
- Manufacturing: The US should foster financial success through the promotion of manufacturing.
- Agriculture: The US should foster commercial agriculture and the independence it affords farmers.
Student pairs will use primary source excerpts from Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Tench Coxe to build evidence to support the two perspectives.
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Webb, Rhonda Kemp
(2023)
"Historical Inquiry Deliberation (HID): The New Republic Lesson Plan,"
Teaching Social Studies in the Peach State: Vol. 1:
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1, Article 3.
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