Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.
Students connect what they know about the current event and its relationship to their lives.
Objective: To analyze current issues raised in relation to themselves.
Activity: Teacher-led discussion focusing on what students know about the current issue presented and how they see the issue as relating to their lives.